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Avoiding Sticker Shock: Legislative Approaches To Protect Consumers From Surprise Medical Bills, Merlow M. Dunham Jan 2017

Avoiding Sticker Shock: Legislative Approaches To Protect Consumers From Surprise Medical Bills, Merlow M. Dunham

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

Consumers are increasingly receiving surprise medical bills, where an insured patient is unexpectedly billed directly for medical services received at an in-network health care facility from an out-of-network provider. These situations often arise in emergency rooms, operating rooms, and delivery rooms, despite the efforts of patients to receive care only from in-network providers. Surprise medical bills commonly leave consumers on the hook for thousands of dollars for out-of-network services that they had no opportunity to refuse. This article explores how the steady rise of narrow provider network health plans and the often-corresponding lack of transparency regarding which providers are included …


Why Reinvent The Wheel?—Protecting Consumers In The Wake Of The Subprime Mortgage Meltdown Without The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Brett J. Travers Jan 2010

Why Reinvent The Wheel?—Protecting Consumers In The Wake Of The Subprime Mortgage Meltdown Without The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Brett J. Travers

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Shifting Risk Of Ruin To Consumers: The Role Of Tax Law In American Health Policy, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost Mar 2007

Shifting Risk Of Ruin To Consumers: The Role Of Tax Law In American Health Policy, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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