Ask Your Representative to Sign the Schrader Provider Nondiscrimination Letter
Posted about 4 years ago
Last December, the U.S. Congress passed the ANA supported No Surprises Act as part of the 2020 year-end legislative package. The legislation implements protections against provider discrimination and requires the U.S. Departments of Health & Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury to promulgate rulemaking on provider nondiscrimination within one year.
Although provider nondiscrimination provisions were originally passed in the Affordable Care Act, they have not been properly enforced by federal agencies. With the No Surprises Act, Congress sought to ensure these protections are now enforced.
Representative Kurt Schrader (D-OR) is asking his colleagues in the U.S. House to sign a letter to the Secretaries of HHS, Labor, and the Treasury underscoring the Congressional intent of the legislation and directing them to issue a regulation within a timely manner. As a constituent, please contact your U.S. Representative and ask them to sign their name to this letter. It is important that the Departments of HHS, Labor, and the Treasury understand that there is significant bipartisan support for this provision, which would increase patient access to healthcare.
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