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December 30, 2021

No more surprise medical bills: Pa. to enforce new consumer protection law

By KRIS B. MAMULA Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Starting in the new year, surprise medical bills from doctors outside a patient’s health insurance network will be illegal.

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