March 21, 2019      4:29 PM

Chair Hancock clashes with TMA as he rolls out his bill aimed at surprise billing

TMA argues the root of the problem is “the networks that the insurance companies have set up which are inadequate”

Doctors and patients squared off before the Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee on Thursday over the issue of "surprise billing."

The Texas Association of Health Plans supports the bill by Chairman Kelly Hancock but the group stayed in the background during the hearing as Hancock confronted the Texas Medical Association in an often testy exchange.

By Andrew Turner

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