Thursday, December 15, 2022
Secretary of Labor Martin “Marty” Walsh
United States Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Room S-2018
Washington, DC 20210
We applaud the work President Joe Biden and his administration are doing to protect Americans from surprise medical bills. We are concerned, however, that patients and their families will not be fully protected under the administration’s implementation of the No Surprises Act because of a little-known, “shared savings” fee charged to employers by insurance companies. These hidden fees are associated with out-of-network medical claims that unnecessarily drive-up insurance costs for essential healthcare for patients and businesses alike.