[Neywiny]

I read the article and I'm still not understanding why this happens. It gave a lot of examples and said a lot about what the law was trying to do But why are they getting this much from arbitration and why aren't the surgeons able to do the same?

[littlexsparkee]

Here is the distinction:

> They do it by capitalizing on a law intended to protect patients from surprise billing by providers not in their insurance plan. Under the law, those providers can file for arbitration, where they are able to make a case for much higher payments than they could otherwise receive from health plans.

[ceejayoz]

But why does the arbitrator deem $22k/hour reasonable? What the fuck is happening at that point?

[Neywiny]

^^^^ yes I feel like this isn't explained. They may as well be saying they're using a law to protect ducks from poachers or something. I'm not seeing the link between the two concepts. Somebody is deciding to give them this payout and they don't say why.