Stethoscope and medical bill TheCBO cited a New York State law similar to the Ruiz-Roe measure thatresulted in increased payments to doctors involved in surprisebills.

The backers of alternative legislation to address the red-hot"surprise medical bill" issue just got asurprise bill of their own from the Congressional BudgetOffice.

According to the news source The Hill, which intercepted a CBO email to "acongressional office," the cost of legislation designed by healthcare systems and physicians to taxpayers would be "double digitbillions" over the next decade.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.

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