"A surprise medical bill may be a thing of the past for many Texans. In a unanimous vote, the #TexasHouse approved a Senate bill banning health care providers from sending steep medical bills to insured Texans in emergencies." https://t.co/eS0YpjhXAk #SB1264#txlege
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The #txlege House just passed #SB1264 on 2nd reading, which will put a stop to surprise medical bills affecting millions of Texas patients who have health insurance plans regulated by the state.
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"The patient may have done absolutely everything right—selected an in-network hospital, got all their tests preapproved—and then, wham!" #SickofSurpriseBilling#surprisebilling#txlege https://t.co/oRPVPE8Apz
"I felt like I was on a Ferris wheel i was going around and around. I'd get somebody and they'd say, ‘I'm not the person'. I'd tell someone else my story and they would transfer me somewhere else." #SickofSurpriseBilling#surprisebilling#txlege https://t.co/4XhZQYKq8c
The premiere of Jaie's new segment "Show Me Your Bill" is tonight at 10p -- a local woman facing a $22,000 surprise medical bill @JaieAvila has been working this week to help her out.
Health care economist @DevonHerrick answers questions about in-network hospitals and surprise billing https://t.co/iTEHWLpEqk @SoniaAzadTV @jasonwheelertv @wfaa
"Calver believed he would not bear much, if any, out-of-pocket payment for his life-threatening emergency and the surgery that saved him. Then the bills came." #SickOfSurpriseBilling https://t.co/gIE4BNUxT4 @dallasnews@chadterhune