Hill May 1, 2019
This month, Congress and the Trump administration are considering what to do about the problem of surprise health-care bills. They would be wise to use Connecticut as an example, where one of the most comprehensive sets of reforms was instituted two years ago.
Surprise bills, or “balanced bills,” are the difference between what the out-of-network physician charges and what the insurance company will pay.
According to a survey conducted last year by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, 57 percent of American adults have been surprised by a new medical bill that they thought was covered by insurance.
In some cases, surprise bills illustrate just how opaque and illogical the American health...
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