Comment NOW to protect yourself from surprise bills!

Hospitals must now, by law, post their upfront prices online, so you can see prices, save your money, and avoid balance bills. Unfortunately, most hospitals are still hiding their prices.

The government is seeking public comments on a new rule intended to protect patients from surprise medical bills, and they need to hear from us!

This rule is a positive step on the path to real, systemwide price transparency. We applaud HHS for staying strong on its rules to empower patients with real prices to protect us from surprise bills, while greedy hospitals, private equity-owned physicians, and special interests keep fighting to keep patients in the dark about prices.

Send an email in 3 quick steps to demand upfront prices, not estimates, to truly protect us from surprise medical bills!

Tell your story in your own words, or use our talking points. Ask the government to:

• Require hospitals and providers to disclose real, binding prices — not estimates — before care, so we can save our money.

• Remove all barriers and costs for patients to fight a bill if they have been overcharged.

• Allow any arbitrators to consider the median payment amount in the region, the discounted cash price, and Medicare reimbursement rate to determine a fair price.

• Timely implement and strongly enforce the Transparency in Coverage rule to allow us to truly compare prices systemwide, save our money, and avoid surprise bills.