Nearly a quarter of Californians who had hospital visits since 2013 were surprised to find that at least some charges at in-network hospitals were at out-of-network rates, according to a survey last year by the Consumer Reports National Research Center.
A bill — AB 533 — is pending in Sacramento that would fix this. However, it's facing heavy opposition by doctors' groups that say they're fighting "a hostile act against the medical profession." But they're really just protecting higher fees.
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