ERIC, along with 39 other organizations,sent a letter to the U.S.Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions regarding its draft legislation, the “Lower Health Care Costs Act.” The letter urged lawmakers to reject an independent dispute resolution as a means of resolving surprise medical billing. Instead, the letter called upon Congress to pass legislation ending surprise medical bills consistent with priorities laid out in the letter. Click here to read the letter.
Last month, ERIC testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Health Subcommittee on the surprise medical billing crisis.