A federal judge struck down key parts of a regulation outlining a ban on surprise medical bills, siding with doctors that the rule tilts too favorably to insurers. The ruling delivered late Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas centers on an arbitration process for settling disputes over out-of-network charges. The lawsuit was the latest to be filed by the Texas Medical Association, arguing the Biden administration still has not gotten the arbitration process right even after a prior judgment struck down a similar rule in 2022.
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