MSNBC MSNBC Live With Katy Tur April 3, 2020 18:45:00
Oregon. he has long been part of a bipartisan effort to end surprise medical billing. congressman, thanks for being with us. how would ending surprise medical billing help some of the people we just mentioned? >> well, what we do know, katy, is 1 in 5 people who go to the emergency room for care walk away with a bill not covered by their insurance even if they have insurance. that is called a surprise medical bill. and so i don't know each of the circumstances here but let's face it. we know globally prior to this pandemic it was an enormous rip-off. people were getting gouged when they went i...