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WASHINGTON – In a recent Boston Globe article, U.S. Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D.’s (R-Ind.-08) call for the Biden administration to uphold congressional intent of the bipartisan No Surprises Act was highlighted after the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies released a rule that does not align with the law Congress passed last year.

Earlier this month, Dr. Bucshon was among a group of four bipartisan members who led 152 House members on a letter to administration officials calling on them to amend the released rule to align with congressional intent of the No Surprises Act.

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Congress moved to protect Americans from surprise medical bills, but some lawmakers worry the coming rule favors insurers
By: Neya Thanikachalam
Friday, November 26, 2021

In a rare show of bipartisanship, Congress last year enacted protections for Americans hit by surprisingly large medical bills. But now, some lawmakers said they’re the ones being surprised — by a Biden administration rule implementing the measure that they complain doesn’t fairly solve the problem.

The concerns, which cross party lines, revolve around the arbitration process, set to go into effect Jan. 1, to settle billing disputes. The proposal, issued in an interim rule on Sept. 30 by the Health and Human Services Department and other agencies, “subverts congressional intent” by favoring insurers over physicians and patients, said Representative Larry Bucshon, a Republican from Indiana.

“It’s not even close to being what Congress passed into law,” he said of the rule. Bucshon, who is a doctor, helped organize a bipartisan letter earlier in November signed by more than 100 House members to administration officials urging them to revise the rule.

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