Industry titans’ warning to Congress: Do what we say or health insurance premiums are going up - POLITICO

Insurers complained that doctors file claims related to nonemergency services at in-network facilities and failed to provide good-faith estimates for the cost of services. 

Doctors charged that insurers failed to comply with pricing requirements and don’t pay on time…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/17/health-insurance-premiums-doctors-surprises-01081155

 

Trump vowed to end surprise medical bills. The office working on that just got slashed. - ABC News

As President Donald Trump wrapped up his first term in 2020, he signed a legislation to protect Americans from surprise medical bills. 

"This must end," Trump said. "We're going to hold insurance companies and hospitals totally accountable." But the president's wide-ranging push to slash government spending, led by billionaire Elon Musk, is weakening the federal office charged with implementing the No Surprises Act...

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/trump-vowed-end-surprise-medical-bills-office-working/story

Federal layoffs hit team working to end surprise medical bills : Shots - Health News : NPR

Trump's first round of staff cuts to federal agencies eliminated dozens of positions at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, in charge of implementing the No Surprises Act...

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/04/nx-s1-5318038/trump-cms-layoffs-surprise-medical-bills