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Patient advocacy group is pushing for legislation to make the costs and timeliness of health care better for those with rare, chronic conditions.

Pennsylvania officials are getting ready to roll out the changes when a federal law to ban surprise medical billing takes effect in January.

A new federal law intended to ban surprise medical billing is set to take effect in the beginning of January. In Pennsylvania, it’ll be overseen by the state Insurance Department — and Gov. Tom Wolf says officials are getting ready to roll out the changes.

Gov. Wolf was joined by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, stakeholders, and a consumer who has fallen victim to surprise billing to celebrate the upcoming implementation of the federal No Surprises Act on January 1, 2022.