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Surprise medical bills continue during coronavirus time, and Congress still misses major points

  • Written by Barak Richman, Katharine T. Bartlett Professor of Law, Duke University
Surprise medical bills are the scourge of patients.Getty Images / LdF

I am a health policy scholar who became a patient last year, when I needed a surgical repair to a heart valve. My two identities united the day after my operation, when a congenial woman from the admissions department came to discuss my insurance with me.

Her intent was to make...

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