'This law would not be needed if we had an everyone covered for everything, zero copay, federal single-payer healthcare system paid for by fair taxes,' said jrcflatheadmemo.
on Twitter that"while this is good news for consumers, this is necessary because of our complex multi-payer for-profit healthcare system."
Notably, the No Surprises Act only addresses narrowly defined"surprise bills," by which health policy experts mean"extra charges from a medical provider whom patients didn't choose," the reported."But there are still many parts of the U.S. healthcare system that remain perplexing."
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