We have all heard stories about patients being billed for hospital fees.
So in anaesthesia it's a little unique because it's time based.
Our charges are based on an aggregate cost of what it costs us to deliver service.
I am sort to attracted to the No Surprises Act right now because I think it achieves that balance in a way that works best for patients.
It's not good for patients.
We need to keep patients out of the middle and, quite honestly, those State models, even with arbitration, don't do enough.
To expect them to then just say, no, let me check right now to see if you're in network or out of network is not based in reality or in the ...
I remember talking to one hospital administrator who told me that, you know, that basically they just assign costs, you know, on a bill with...
That's pretty sad, Madam Chair.
If you don't help us solve the problem, we will solve the problem and none of you will like it.
It's unconscionable that families are going through what they're going through, and that's the number 1, 2, and 3 reasons why I set out to f...