Don’t Put Insurance Handout into Next COVID Package

While Congress debates a fourth relief package addressing the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers are risking their lives on the front lines to provide care for the sick. But instead of focusing on priorities like ensuring widespread availability of personal protective equipment for health care personnel, or on how best to provide relief for ordinary Americans denied the opportunity to work, some in Congress see this emergency as an opportunity to pass a so-called solution to surprise medical bills that would devastate an already strained health care system.