States move to put limits on surprise health care fees
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🗓️ 9 June 2025
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Summary
Get an X-ray or ultrasound with a hospital-affiliated doctor and you may note a so-called facility fee on your bill ranging from $15 to several hundred or more. The additional charges are showing up on more patients' bills, now that some 40% of doctors work for hospitals. But this year, 15 states are trying to limit these fees. But first: Why do people tip more in Delaware than they do in California?
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| 1:13.1 | Buy a ticket for a concert, and you'll often see a facility fee tacked on. You can also see |
| 1:18.7 | these on medical bills. I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles. First, it's Monday. And the Senate will get back |
| 1:25.6 | to the hammering and sanding on the big spending and tax cutting plan trumpeted by President Trump, who wants something to sign by the 4th of July. |
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| 1:46.7 | One provision that both the House and Senator working on in some form is eliminating taxes on tips for some workers. |
| 1:54.0 | Gratitudes and levels of tipping have been more top of mind with so many checkout systems urging consumers to chip in 20% or more by default. And there are new |
| 2:03.1 | data from payment processing firm toast that finds tipping varies by region. Here's reporter Daniel |
| 2:08.6 | Ackerman. Tipping at the level we do is a very American thing. I'm Belgian, so I, you know, tipping |
| 2:14.8 | is to me a very, very strange phenomenon. You know, why should I tip a taxi driver? |
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