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[-] [email protected] 77 points 1 day ago

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  • Colorado
  • Gov. Jared Polis
  • The governor wrote in his veto statement that drafting errors in the bill made it “unimplementable” and estimated that it would make insurance premiums go up by as much as $0.73 to $2.15 per person.

The sticking point: two dollars.

Two.

Dollars.

I wonder how many multiples of that the ambulance companies lobbied his campaign with

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh no's, $2 extra/month, but you might get surprise billed bullshit prices, but that's cool.

Despite federal and state laws addressing surprise out-of-network medical billing, public ground ambulances, interfacility transfers, and non-emergency ambulance rides were left out of those laws. This legislation closes that loophole that left patients vulnerable to outrageous and unexpected charges for out-of-network ambulance services.

A recent study found that more than half of ground ambulance rides result in surprise bills, with patients paying an average of $435 out-of-pocket, more than three times the cost of in-network rides. Patients are often left with surprise out-of-pocket bills that are much higher: a Denver resident was saddled with a $1,500 bill after a health emergency in 2023. In Colorado, out-of-network ambulance charges forced consumers to shoulder nearly $16 million in costs in 2022.

https://cohealthinitiative.org/media-releases/consumer-advocates-praise-senate-approval-of-bill-to-close-surprise-billing-loophole-for-ambulances/

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