By NextBestFitGround and air ambulance services
expandedYear 1Patients
Today
Ground ambulances are excluded from the No Surprises Act, so surprise bills are common; many services are municipal.
Under the plan
Covered with no cost sharing at UHP rates; municipal services bill UHP; air ambulance paid at a national rate.
Trade-off
Ends surprise ambulance bills; private-equity-owned air ambulance firms lose high out-of-network charges.