You've heard the news about surprise bills in Congress, but did you know that 4 states passed comprehensive laws on surprise billing this year? Read my new Families USA brief, State Surprise Billing Laws in the 2019 Session: familiesusa.org/product/state-…

At #NAICNYC Chapin White RAND explains the need for policy intervention on hospital prices.

Our American Indian & Alaska Native Liaison Committee hear from a panel on best practices for working with tribal leaders on suicide prevention and access to care. #NAICNYC

Now at #NAICNYC: Consumer Reps The AIDS Institute @lucrizzaro Advocates for Trans Equality Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund educate insurance commissioners on ACA Section 1557 and Trump’s harmful proposed rule attempt to undermine it.

Today at #NAICNYC Sarah Lueck Center on Budget and I presented our concerns with direct enrollment health insurance websites and how state insurance commissioners can keep a better handle on them to ensure consumers experience an unbiased, seamless enrollment experience.

Many adults with medical bill or debt problems report serious financial problems, including using up all their savings to pay their bills or receiving a lower credit rating as a result of their debt. buff.ly/314M1gv

Coloradans: Come to Grand Junction (8/14) and Glenwood Springs (8/15) this week to make your voices heard about how a #PublicOption could bring more equitable access to affordable and high-quality health care! Check out colorado.gov/hcpf/proposal-… for more details.

In which California runs a 5-year experiment to test whether hospitals' private prices reflect "cost-shifting" to offset the burden of uncompensated care, and finds that.... ...Yeah...that's not a thing. Charity care↘️ Private prices ↗️ (dramatically) h/t HCCI

Thread: Highlights from new study of surprise billing in JAMA Internal Medicine, led by Eric Sun, examining what happens to patients who go to in-network hospitals (i.e., the hospitals they're supposed to go to): jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

If it feels like surprise billing is becoming more common, with bigger bills, that’s because it’s true. Here are the data to show out-of-network billing is becoming more common and potentially more costly in both the emergency department and inpatient settings.

On the blog: Tricia Brooks continues to dispel the counterpoint that the child enrollment decline in Medicaid/CHIP is the result of favorable economic times. bit.ly/2z147DU

Thanks Tara Bannow for your coverage of CIVHC' latest Data Byte showing variation in ED facility fees. Modern Healthcare modernhealthcare.com/providers/repo…

States took action this year and demonstrated that they can have an important impact on improving and expanding access to mental and behavioral health care as a crucial, integrated part of our health care system. Read more: unitedstatesofcare.org/blog/2019-stat…

We are having a lunch and learn today on the cost of prescription drugs. Thanks to Claire McAndrew & Jane Horvath for bringing their expertise to CO!

States are stepping up oversight of health care sharing ministries. Center on Health Insurance Reforms's Emily Curran has a round up. chirblog.org/aliera-healthc…

CCHI staffers enjoying the end of summer.

U.S. should prepare for a COVID-19 hospital consolidation surge, by Grace Flaherty - theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/u-s-…

How would the House #COVIDRelief plan's temporary boost to #ACA marketplace tax credits affect what people pay in health insurance premiums? Find out based on age, income and state with our new interactive tool: kff.org/report-section…

We are pleased to announce our new Health Policy and the Law Initiative and welcome its new director, Katie Keith. With generous support from RWJF, this initiative will focus on the powerful role litigation and the courts play in domestic health policy. oneill.law.georgetown.edu/press/announci…