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New bill meant to protect consumers against surprise medical bills goes into effect

Published January 3, 2022 at 11:40 AM CST

A new federal law called the No Surprises Act may save you from getting an unpleasant surprise on your medical bills.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for Kaiser Health News, about the legislation.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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