199: Surprise Medical Bills Congressional Dish

Almost 40% of Americans WITH health insurance reported they had received a surprise medical bill in the past year from a doctor or hospital for a service they thought was covered by their insurance plan. Why is this happening? And what can we do about it?  Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links to contribute monthly or a lump sum via to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Send payments to: Send payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send payments to: $CongressionalDish or Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Additional Reading Article: by Tami Luhby, CNN, June 20, 2019. Press Release:  by Representative Katie Porter, Porter House News, June 13, 2019. Article: , by Tammy Luhby, CNN, May 23, 2019. Bill: by Senator Bill Cassidy, Govtrack.us, May 16, 2019. Press Release: , by Trauma Association of America, May 16, 2019. Article: by Tami Luhby, CNN, May 9, 2019. Article: by Alex Wittenberg, Biz Journals, May 7, 2019. Article: by Sarah Kliff, Vox, April 24, 2019. Article: by Sarah Kliff, Vox, April 1, 2019 Bill:  116th Congress, March 1, 2019. Bill:   116th Congress, January 30, 2019. Article: by Sarah Kliff, Vox, January 24, 2019.  Article:  by Sarah Kliff, Vox, January 24, 2019. Document:  by Zach Cooper, Fiona Scott Morton and Nathan Shekita, NBER, January 2019 Article:  by Ayla Ellison, Becker Hospital Review, November 16, 2018. Article:  by Sarah Kliff, Vox, October 29, 2018. Article: by Randy Schultz, Sun Sentinel News, October 2, 2018. Article: by Susan Morse, Healthcare Finance News, September 25, 2018. Article:   by Matthew Albright, The Self-Insurer, September 2018. Article:   by Reed Abelson, NY Times, August 31, 2018. Article: by Lindsey Copeland, Medicare Rights Center, August 9, 2018. Article: by Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News and Sarah Kliff, Vox, July 20, 2018. Article:   by  John Tozzi, Bloomberg News, June, 11 2018. Case Docket:  Federal Trade Commission, May 3, 2018. Article:  by Berta Bustamante, InsideArm, April 10, 2018. Press Release:   Federal Trade Commission, March 7, 2018. Document:  US Senate, September 20, 2017 Bill: by Ann Whitehead,JD,RN.,CAP Physicians, August 30, 2017. Report:   Government Accountability Office, July 2017. Article:  by Julie Creswell,Reed Abelson and Margot Sangor-Katz, NY Times, July 24, 2017. Article: by Staff, Word&Brown, July 14, 2017. Report:  Consumer Reports, March 2017. Article:  by Christopher Garmon and Benjamin Chartock, Health Affairs, January 2017. Article: by Alexander Zayas and Kris Hunley, Tampa Bay Times, November 21, 2014. Article:  Becker's Hospital Review, April 16, 2014. Article:  Becker's Hospital Review, April 10, 2014.   Resources Profile Link:   Linkedin. Profile Link:   Linkedin. Contact Us:   End of the Insurance Gap.org About Us:   IBX.com Document:   Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2013-2018 Contributor List:   Opensecrets.org Campaign Money Data Table:   Campaign Money.com Online Review Score:   BestCompany.com False Claims Act: , WhistleBlowerJustice.net Visual Resources   Sound Clip Sources Hearing: , Not on C-Span, Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 12, 2019. Witnesses: Sonji Wilkes: Patient Advocate Sherif Zaafran, MD: Chair of Physicians for Fair Coverage Rick Sherlock: President and CEO of Association of Air Medical Services James Gelfand: Senior Vice President of Health Policy at The ERISA Industry Committee Thomas Nickels: Executive Vice President of the American Hospital Association Jeanette Thornton: Senior Vice President of Product, Employer, and Commercial Policy at Americas’ Health Insurance Plans Claire McAndrew: Director of Campaigns and Partnerships at Families USA Vidor E. Friedman, MD: President of American Colleg