The CBO cited a New York State law similar to the Ruiz-Roe measure that resulted in increased payments to doctors involved in surprise bills.
The backers of alternative legislation to address the red-hot "surprise medical bill" issue just got a surprise bill of their own from the Congressional Budget Office.
According to the news source The Hill, which intercepted a CBO email to "a congressional office," the cost of legislation designed by health care systems and physicians to taxpayers would be "double digit billions" over the next decade.
Backers of the legislation, sponsored by Reps. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) and Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), immediately cried foul, claiming that the estimate was based on flawed data.
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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.
