An Unpleasant Surprise

<p>Surprise medical bills have become a major issue for Americans, but federal legislation to protect consumers continues to stall. Is&nbsp;Congress getting closer to halting this practice?</p><p><br></p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.law.umich.edu/FacultyBio/Pages/FacultyBio.aspx?FacID=nbagley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nicholas Bagley</a>, Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor</p><p><br></p><p>Learn more about how surprise bills work and proposals to curtail them, along with a transcript of the episode on our website: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2020/09/03/an-unpleasant-surprise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/2020/09/03/an-unpleasant-surprise</a></p><p><br></p><p>Get more Tradeoffs in your inbox every Friday with our weekly newsletter:&nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter</a></p><p><br></p><p>And stay on top of all our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and our conversations with people who are being forced to make difficult decisions in the midst of it all, visit <a href="http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/coronavirustradeoffs</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod</a>&nbsp;</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>