Pretty important to note that while the no surprises act is a successful piece of legislation alleviating medical poverty, the " surprises" the article is talking about is shitty doctors acting poorly.

"Insurers, however, charged that big physician groups — some of them owned by private equity investors — are trying to manipulate the process to squeeze out higher payments. “A small but significant number of bad actors” have flooded the system with cases “as a way to maximize revenue,” said Kelly Parsons, a spokesperson for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. “Should this trend continue, health care costs are likely to rise unnecessarily.”

The no surprises act is helping people, and greedy assholes are taking advantage of it.

If only there was some way to remove the cumbersome extra steps involving the insurance companies.

US discovering universal healthcare backwards.