/tags/surprise-medical-bills Surprise Medical Bills en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Sun, 19 Jun 2022 17:25:13 GMT /health/2022-06-16/medical-debt-upended-their-lives-heres-what-it-took-from-them First, they were struck by illness and then by medical bills they couldn't pay. Here are 15 stories of Americans living under the shadow of health care debt. Sun, 19 Jun 2022 17:25:13 GMT /health/2022-06-16/medical-debt-upended-their-lives-heres-what-it-took-from-them Noam Levey, Aneri Pattani, Yuki Noguchi, Bram Sable-Smith /health/2021-09-30/the-bill-for-his-covid-test-in-texas-was-a-whopping-54-000 A businessman from Dallas got a PCR test for the coronavirus at a suburban emergency room. The charge for his test was "egregious" but not illegal, say health care analysts. Here's what happened. Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:57:54 GMT /health/2021-09-30/the-bill-for-his-covid-test-in-texas-was-a-whopping-54-000 Aneri Pattani /health/2020-07-29/far-fewer-texans-have-reported-surprise-medical-bills-since-new-law-went-into-effect Lee esta historia en español. There has been a huge drop in the number of Texans calling state regulators over surprise medical bills in the past six� Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:01:00 GMT /health/2020-07-29/far-fewer-texans-have-reported-surprise-medical-bills-since-new-law-went-into-effect Ashley Lopez /health/2020-03-06/blue-cross-blue-shield-of-texas-ordered-to-refund-consumers-for-emergency-bills-and-misinformation Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas has agreed to repay consumers after state regulators found the health insurance company was mishandling out-of-network� Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:16:28 GMT /health/2020-03-06/blue-cross-blue-shield-of-texas-ordered-to-refund-consumers-for-emergency-bills-and-misinformation Ashley Lopez /2020-02-12/doctors-push-back-as-congress-takes-aim-at-surprise-medical-bills As lawmakers consider bills to protect patients against surprise medical bills, doctors have waged a stealth on-the-ground campaign to win over members of Congress. Here's how they did it. Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:00:00 GMT /2020-02-12/doctors-push-back-as-congress-takes-aim-at-surprise-medical-bills Rachana Pradhan /2020-02-11/study-1-in-5-patients-gets-a-surprise-medical-bill-after-surgery With two bills up for debate in the House this week aiming to stop surprise billing, research finds the average surprise bill post-surgery exceeds $2,000. Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:59:57 GMT /2020-02-11/study-1-in-5-patients-gets-a-surprise-medical-bill-after-surgery Elena Renken, Elena Renken /2019-12-20/texas-set-to-implement-tough-surprise-billing-law-after-loophole-gets-shot-down Texas will enact a law on Jan. 1 to prevent consumers from getting hit with surprise medical bills. The law survived last-minute efforts to write rules that would have gutted it. Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:45:33 GMT /2019-12-20/texas-set-to-implement-tough-surprise-billing-law-after-loophole-gets-shot-down Ashley Lopez /health/2019-12-06/after-controversy-texas-medical-board-is-no-longer-writing-rules-for-surprise-bill-law The Texas Medical Board will no longer be writing the rules for a new law outlawing surprise medical bills for some Texans. The law goes into effect Jan.� Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:57:48 GMT /health/2019-12-06/after-controversy-texas-medical-board-is-no-longer-writing-rules-for-surprise-bill-law Ashley Lopez /health/2019-11-25/last-minute-loophole-could-undermine-texas-law-against-surprise-medical-bills Texas� bipartisan effort to shield patients from surprise medical bills could be weaker than lawmakers intended when it takes effect Jan. 1.Earlier this� Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:03:12 GMT /health/2019-11-25/last-minute-loophole-could-undermine-texas-law-against-surprise-medical-bills Ashley Lopez /politics/2019-09-02/five-health-related-laws-that-went-into-effect-this-week Among the hundreds of new laws that took effect in Texas on Sunday, several are related to health. Here are a handful that took the legislative spotlight.� Mon, 02 Sep 2019 10:01:00 GMT /politics/2019-09-02/five-health-related-laws-that-went-into-effect-this-week Ashley Lopez