SHOCK! I actually found a Bill, proposed by Repubs, that is good & I like it!

[napi21]

https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/government/georgia-senate-passes-bill-limit-surprise-medical-bills/?utm_source=second-street&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Afternoon+Updates+2-24-20+Ads+Loaded+AM

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state Senate passed legislation Monday that would protect some patients from receiving unexpected medical bills.

“This is a very carefully crafted solution with many, many hours of work by the governor’s staff, the lieutenant governor’s staff, the House and Senate,” Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, a Republican from Rome who sponsored the bill, said Monday.

Surprise bills, which can run up to tens of thousands of dollars, can come about when patients in an emergency end up at a hospital that’s not in their insurer’s network. Or a patient may have surgery at a hospital in network, but an anesthesiologist or other doctor that helped with the procedure is not in network.
The legislation would protect patients from financial responsibility beyond what they would normally have to pay in coinsurance, a copay or deductible.
Roughly 1 of every 6 emergency room or hospital visits results in a surprise medical bill, according to a study released last year by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation.

Even in Ga. the Pubs can accidently do something good!

[onethatcares]

1. Didn't read the bill but

that's a heck of a good idea.

I got stuck with that anesthesiologist out of network thing a few years ago. It sucked big time.

[NutmegYankee]

2. A few other states have this law.

Connecticut has had it for a few years now and it works great.