Cuomo administration pushes for out-of-network billing protection

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By MATTHEW L. McKIBBEN

The state's Superintendent of Financial Services, Benjamin Lawsky, stood with health care consumer advocates in Albany Monday urging lawmakers to pass legislation Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined in the Executive Budget that would protect patients from surprise out-of-network medical bills.

In an attempt to strengthen protections for health insurance consumers in the state, Cuomo proposed relieving patients from having to fight for reimbursements for out-of-network bills by placing the responsibility for resolving billing disputes with insurance companies and medical providers.

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