{
  "id": 12638154,
  "title": "Congress tried to fix issues with surprise medical costs. It created another problem.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/congress-tried-to-fix-issues-with-surprise-medical-costs-it-created",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T13:50:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/congress-tried-to-fix-issues-with-surprise-medical-costs-it-created-another-problem/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The No Surprises Act, which was passed by Congress in 2020, was meant to help protect patients from surprise bills. Years later, it's caused unintended consequences that directly impact patients. Anna Schecter reports.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}