Committee to recommend patients should pay no more than $100 or 10% of a bill, depending on which is less

Committee to recommend patients should pay no more than $100 or 10% of a bill, depending on which is less

A committee chartered to find ways to stop ambulances from sending patients exorbitant bills is set to tell Congress that patients should pay no more than $100 or 10% of a bill, depending on which is less.

The recommendation, which still relies on the convoluted private insurance industry, comes as nearly half of all ambulance rides in the US result in a “surprise bill” of often hundreds of dollars.

“America has decided to use an insurance system to spread the risk among many,” said Patricia Kelmar, senior director of healthcare campaigns at US Pirg, a consumer advocacy group.

“But when it comes to ambulances, without a surprise billing protection, that risk isn’t spread – the person who needs the ambulance is paying a lot more than anyone else who has that insurance.”

  • bolexforsoup
    33·
    2 months ago

    I’d love for them to come out against this tbh. Same way they attack school lunch programs. It alienates more reasonable people

    • kautau@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      Depends. They won’t say anything about the actual bill here, they’ll pass a counter bill called “Ambulance Freedom for All Americans” bill and idiots will go “well duh, fucking libs trying to take away ambulances”