Surprise medical bills have long plagued healthcare consumers. A survey from AIC’s Center for Insurance Policy and Research revealed that unexpected medical bills concern more than 60% of consumers. Consider the patient who has surgery at an in-network hospital only to find out later that their anesthesiologist is out-of-network (OON). Or the patient who sees their primary care physician of 10 years only to later find out the doctor recently decided to participate with all major health plan...
