Explainers for Consumers

The following resources can help consumers understand their new protections:

• Rights Against Surprise Medical Bills: A resource to help insured and uninsured consumers understand surprise medical bills and their new protections under the No Surprises Act. No Surprises: Understand your rights against surprise medical bills. (PDF)
• No Surprises Act: Health Insurance Terms. A list of health insurance terms to help consumers understand the No Surprises Act. Health Insurance Terms You Should Know. (PDF)
• A Good Faith Estimate. A resource to help consumers understand the good faith estimate and their rights related to the good faith estimate. What’s a Good Faith Estimate? (PDF)
• Reading a Medical Bill. A resource that consumers can use to understand their medical bills and how they differ from Explanation of Benefits documents. How do I Read my Medical Bill? (PDF)
• Health Care Notice and Consent Forms. A high-level summary to help consumers understand notice and consent forms and their rights around these forms.  Health care Notice & Consent form – What to Know Before you Sign. (PDF)

Explainers in Multiple Languages

• 无意外： 了解您的权利， 抗拒意外医疗账单 (Chinese-Simplified) (PDF)
• 无意外： 什么是真诚预估表？ (Chinese-Simplified) (PDF)
•  無意外： 了解您關於 意外醫療帳單的權利 (Chinese-Traditional) (PDF)
•  無意外： 何謂誠信估計？ (Chinese-Traditional) (PDF)
• Pas de mauvaises surprises: Comprenez vos droits afin de vous prémunir contre les factures médicales imprévues (French) (PDF)
• Pas de mauvaises surprises : Qu’est-ce qu’un devis établi de bonne foi? (French) (PDF)
• San Sipriz: Konprann dwa w genyen yo pou w kont bil medikal sipriz yo (Haitian-Creole) (PDF)
•  Pa gen sipriz: Kisa yon estimasyon bòn fwa ye? (Haitian-Creole) (PDF)
•  No Surprises Act fact sheet (Khmer) (PDF)
•  What is a good faith estimate? (Khmer) (PDF)
•  기습 청구 금지: 예상치 못한 의료비 청구에 대한 귀하의 권리 이해 (Korean) (PDF)
• 깜짝 비용 금지: 선의의 견적이란 무엇인가요? (Korean) (PDF)
•  Sin sorpresas: Conozca sus derechos contra las facturas médicas sorpresa (Spanish) (PDF)
•  Sin sorpresas: ¿Qué es una estimación de buena fe? (Spanish) (PDF)
• Walang Surpresa: Unawain ang iyong mga karapatan laban sa biglaang mga bayaring medikal (Tagalog) (PDF)
• Walang Surpresa: Ano ang good faith estimate? (Tagalog) (PDF)
• Chống Tính Phí Bất Ngờ: Hiểu quyền của quý vị về hóa đơn y tế bất ngờ (Vietnamese) (PDF)
• Chống Tính Phí Bất Ngờ: Ước tính thiện chí là gì? (Vietnamese) (PDF)