Federal Resources
Want to understand how Congress has addressed surprise medical bills? This page includes dedicated resources on the No Surprises Act, analyses of prior proposals, congressional testimony, and other materials to explore.
- HHS Secretary’s Report On Addressing Surprise Medical Billing (ASPE, 2020)
- Letter to Congress (National Association of Insurance Commissioners, 2020)
- Debunking Myths in the Surprise Billing Debate (Arnold Ventures, 2020)
- Keeping Surprise Billing Out of Coronavirus Treatment (Health Affairs Blog, 2020)
- Regulating Out-of-Network Hospital Emergency Prices: Problem and Potential Benchmarks (Health Affairs Blog, 2020)
- Solutions for Air Ambulance Surprise Billing in Holding Pattern (JAMA, 2020)
- Letter to Congressional Committees (House Education and Labor, House Energy and Commerce, House Ways and Means, Senate HELP), Congressional Leadership (National Association of Insurance Commissioners, 2020)
- Stalled Federal Efforts to End Surprise Billing – The Role of Private Equity (New England Journal of Medicine, 2020)
- Department of Transportation Hosts the Inaugural Meeting of Committee to Advise on Air Ambulance Billing Issues (CHIRblog, 2020)
- Surprise Bills, Benchmarks, and the Problem of Indexation (Health Affairs Blog, 2019)
- Private Equity and Powerful Physician Groups Raise Another Distraction (Health Affairs Blog, 2019)
- A Targeted Approach to Surprise Medical Billing (Galen Institute, 2019)
- Letter to House Members from State Insurance Commissioners on Air Ambulances (2019)
- Are Air Ambulances Truly Flying Out of Reach? Surprise Billing Policy and the Airline Deregulation Act (Health Affairs Blog, 2019)
- Balance Billing – Current Legal Landscape and Proposed Federal Solutions (Congressional Research Service, 2019)
- Letter to Senate Members from State Insurance Commissioners on Air Ambulances (2019)
- Surprise Billing: Choose Patients Over Profits (Health Affairs Blog, 2019)
- Splitting the Baby: Design Considerations for Federal Balance Billing Legislation (Health Affairs Blog, 2019)
- Congress Should Force the Medical-Industrial Complex to End Surprise Bills (RealClear Policy, 2019)
- Joint Statement: Health Policy Experts Discourage Open-Ended Arbitration as Solution to Surprise Billing (Manhattan Institute, 2019)
- The Potential Pitfalls of Combating Surprise Billing (Cato Institute, 2019)
- President Donald J. Trump Wants to Protect Patients and Their Families From Surprise Billing (White House, 2019)
- Congress’ Current Approach to Surprise Medical Billing Could Have Unintended Consequences (Heritage Foundation, 2019)
- Federal Policy To End Surprise Billing – Building On Prior Approaches (Health Affairs Blog, 2019)
- Resolving Surprise Medical Bills (Health Affairs Blog, 2019)
- Solving Surprise Medical Billing (American Enterprise Institute, 2019)
- Federal “Balance Billing” Legislation: Constitutional Implications (Kirkland & Ellis, 2019)
- Federal Surprise Billing Legislation Does Not Violate the Constitution (Brookings, 2019)
- Stopping Surprise Medical Bills – Federal Action Is Needed (Health Affairs Blog, 2017)
- Cost Estimate: H.R. 5826, the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 (Congressional Budget Office, 2020)
- Update on Federal Surprise Billing Legislation: Understanding a Flurry of New Proposals (Commonwealth Fund, 2019)
- Comparing Federal Legislation on Surprise Billing (Commonwealth Fund, 2019)
- States Lead on Surprise Medical Billing Protections, Congress Poised to Follow (National Academy for State Health Policy, 2019)
- Cost Estimate: H.R. 2328, including the No Surprises Act (Congressional Budget Office, 2019)
- To Address Surprise Medical Billing, Use What Works (Health Affairs Blog, 2019)
- Cost Estimate: S.1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act (Congressional Budget Office, 2019)
- Rep. Ruiz’s Arbitration Proposal For Surprise Billing (H.R. 3502) Would Lead To Much Higher Costs And Deficits (Health Affairs Blog, 2019)
- Lower Health Care Costs Act Would Address Surprise Medical Billing (American Enterprise Institute, 2019)
- Analyzing The House E&C Committee’s Bipartisan Surprise Out-Of-Network Billing Proposal (Health Affairs Blog, 2019)
- Breaking Down The Bipartisan Senate Group’s New Proposal To Address Surprise Billing (Health Affairs Blog, 2019)
- Analyzing New Bipartisan Federal Legislation Limiting Surprise Medical Bills (Health Affairs Blog, 2018)
- U.S. House Ways & Means Committee, Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act (Feb. 2020)
- U.S. House Education & Labor Committee, Ban Surprise Billing Act (Feb. 2020)
- Chairman Richard E. Neal, U.S. House Ways & Means Committee, Letter re: Surprise Billing Legislation (Sept. 2019)
- U.S. House Education & Labor Committee, Examining Surprise Billing: Protecting Patients from Financial Pain (Apr. 2019)
- U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee, No More Surprises: Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills (Jun. 2019)
- U.S. House Ways & Means Committee, Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills (May 2019)
- U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Lower Health Care Costs Act (Jun. 2019)