Help Committee Leaders Back Benchmark for ‘Surprise’ Billing

Senate HELP Committee leaders Wednesday unveiled their wide-ranging bill to address health care costs including “surprise” medical bills. [While surprise medical bills are a serious problem and the goal is laudable, Congress has tried in the past to address this issue, leading to unintended and expensive consequences.  All of the proposals before the HELP committee are controversial, and Congress must proceed carefully to avoid exacerbating the problem.]