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No Surprises Act arbitration system may be raising healthcare costs
Original: No Surprises Act shielded patients from big medical bills. Now its arbitration system may be raising costs.
The No Surprises Act, a US federal law that protected patients from unexpected out-of-network medical bills, may be pushing up healthcare costs through its arbitration process. The system relies on final-offer arbitration to settle payment disputes between insurers and providers, and critics say providers are winning payments well above market rates, driving overall medical costs higher.
Why now: New reporting suggests the landmark patient-protection law may be having the unintended side effect of increasing medical costs.
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