Draft CBO Score Of Surprise Billing Options: Benchmark Rates Save Most

The Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the Senate’s options to curb surprise medical bills found the health committee’s proposal to set a benchmark payment rate would save the most money at $25 billion in health savings to the federal government over 10 years, sources familiar with the preliminary scores told Inside Health Policy. The arbitration model floated by the health committee would save $20 billion over 10 years and the committee’s network matching proposal would save the least at…

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