{"id":65852,"date":"2019-12-13T16:02:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/?p=65852"},"modified":"2019-12-13T16:05:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:05:06","slug":"congressional-rural-caucus-surprise-medical-bills-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/congressional-rural-caucus-surprise-medical-bills-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressional Rural Caucus Surprise Medical Bills Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-65850\" src=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/medicalbillshock-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/medicalbillshock-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/medicalbillshock.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>The National Grange has long opposed surprise medical bills that shock patients at bill-paying time and is supporting legislation moving through Congress to stop those surprises.  However, it is unclear what effect the legislation will have on air ambulance service to rural areas where minutes to a trauma center determine life or death.  The National Grange asked members of the Congressional Rural Caucus to be sure this legislation assures access to air ambulance service for rural citizens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Health-Care-Surprise-Billing-Rural-Caucus-Letter_The-Grange-signed-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view the letter.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The National Grange has long opposed surprise medical bills that shock patients at bill-paying time and is supporting legislation moving through Congress to stop those surprises. However, it is unclear what effect the legislation will have on air ambulance service to rural areas where minutes to a trauma center determine life or death. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/congressional-rural-caucus-surprise-medical-bills-alert\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Congressional Rural Caucus Surprise Medical Bills Alert&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-grange-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Congressional Rural Caucus Surprise Medical Bills Alert - The National Grange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/congressional-rural-caucus-surprise-medical-bills-alert\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Congressional Rural Caucus Surprise Medical Bills Alert - The National Grange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; The National Grange has long opposed surprise medical bills that shock patients at bill-paying time and is supporting legislation moving through Congress to stop those surprises. 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