State lawmakers have long sought a solution to surprise medical bills — also known as balance bills — as doctors, insurance companies and patients argue over who is responsible for the phenomenon.
Health insurance companies and doctors often fail to go into business together because they can't agree to what a fair payment for service is. Insurers say doctors want to charge unnecessarily high prices. Doctors, meanwhile, say insurers strong-arm them into taking less than their services are worth.
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