These measures would make an enormous difference for New Hampshire families, and Jeanne will continue to lead bipartisan efforts to stop these outrageous bills.
Will continue to lead bipartisan efforts to stop predatory surprise medical bills.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congress.gov shows S.1895 with Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander as sponsor and includes Jeanne Shaheen in the cosponsor list. The bill summary says it would apply in-network cost-sharing rules to certain out-of-network emergency and related nonemergency services and bar billing above that amount.
Congress.gov records that H.R.133 became Public Law No. 116-260 on 2020-12-27. The bill summary says Division BB establishes federal protections from surprise medical bills by capping patient charges at the applicable in-network cost-sharing amount and creating payment-dispute procedures.
Assessments
Federal surprise-billing protections were ultimately enacted in Public Law 116-260 on December 27, 2020, matching the policy substance of the promise. Jeanne Shaheen also participated in a bipartisan Senate effort on the issue as a cosponsor of S.1895. But the provided record does not show that she was the principal sponsor or a clearly central driver of the final enacted measure; the strongest documented leadership role in the evidence belongs to other senators. Under the federal office context, that supports partial credit rather than full delivery: the outcome happened, and Shaheen contributed, but the evidence here is thinner on her having personally delivered or led the result. Because enactment came well after her 2008 election term, timing is later_term.