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The U.S. expected 17,000 disputes a year when it passed this medical bills law. It gets over 2 million instead
Researchers estimate the arbitration process alone in the No Surprises Act cost health plans $22.4 billion in the law’s first four years.
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The No Surprises Act, enacted in 2022 to curb surprise medical bills, was projected to generate about 17,000 arbitration disputes annually. Instead, the law has produced more than 2 million disputes in its first years. The surge reflects the volume of out‑of‑network emergency care claims that trigger the arbitration process under the new rules.
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