SUPPORT: Senate Bill 316 will save North Carolinians hundreds of millions of dollars in healthcare costs while making billing practices fairer and more transparent.
The legislation eliminates hidden hospital facility fees charged at non-hospital settings. It ensures that patients can ask for, and receive, a good faith estimate of their healthcare costs prior to receiving care. It puts consumer protections in place around medical debt collections. And the ensures that patients are notified prior to a procedure if they are going to be cared for anyone outside of their insurance network.
