Despite the rushed way some committee members announced the agreement Dec. 8, it's now unlikely that Congress will consider the package before it wraps up work for the year.
After months of hearings and negotiations, millions of dollars in attack ads, full-court press lobbying efforts and countless rounds of negotiations, Congress appeared to be moving toward a solution to the nation's surprise medical bill problem. Sort of.
Surprise bills, the often-exorbitant medical bills that come when a patient doesn't realize they've been seen by a provider outside their insurance network, have in recent months been viewed as public enemy No. 1 on Capitol Hill.
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