Why Ambulances Are Exempt From the Surprise-Billing Ban
Why Ambulances Are Exempt From the Surprise-Billing Ban The welter of providers, layers of state and local regulation, and lack of information about costs made lawmakers hesitant to take up the issue. But that may change. Image Many people who need an ambulance ride to the hospital will find themselves faced with an out-of-network bill for that service.Credit...Tim Gruber for The New York Times When Congress passed a law banning surprise medical bills on Monday, it made a notable exception: ambulances. Ambulances have the highest out-of-network billing rate of any medical specialty, meaning m...
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