{
  "id": 15585646,
  "title": "STAT+: How the No Surprises Act’s nonprofit arbitrators are operating like ‘mini gods’ and getting rich doing it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/stat-how-the-no-surprises-acts-nonprofit-arbitrators-are-operating",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-19T08:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
    "slug": "stat-news",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/19/no-surprises-act-billing-arbitration-profits-stat-investigation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A STAT investigation found that several nonprofits are raking in massive sums by acting as arbitrators in a program that helps protect patients from surprise medical bills.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "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."
}