North Carolina S976 aims to reduce healthcare costs and protect patients by limiting prescription drug cost-sharing, preventing surprise billing, and.

North Carolina S976 introduces measures to reduce healthcare costs and protect patients. It limits the annual cost-sharing for prescription drugs to $2,000 per covered person, including copayments and deductibles. The bill also prevents insurers from penalizing insureds for using in-network facilities and requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities to provide good-faith estimates for shoppable services. Additionally, it mandates hospitals to report on the total costs for the 20 most common surgical and imaging procedures, enhancing price transparency.

North Carolina S976 aims to reduce healthcare costs and protect patients by limiting prescription drug cost-sharing, preventing surprise billing, and.

North Carolina S976 introduces measures to reduce healthcare costs and protect patients. It limits the annual cost-sharing for prescription drugs to $2,000 per covered person, including copayments and deductibles. The bill also prevents insurers from penalizing insureds for using in-network facilities and requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities to provide good-faith estimates for shoppable services. Additionally, it mandates hospitals to report on the total costs for the 20 most common surgical and imaging procedures, enhancing price transparency.