Hospital Billing Regulations and Financial Well-Being: Evidence from California’s Fair Pricing Law

The authors would like to thank Thanh Lu, Sarah Miller, Bob Hunt, Julia Cheney, and seminar participants at University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security, the Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making, the American Society of Health Economists Conference, the Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, and the Association for Public Policy and Management Fall Research Conference for their helpful comments. Claire Jellison provided excellent research assistance. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System or the National Bureau of Economic Research. Any errors or omissions are the responsibility of the authors. No statements here should be treated as legal advice.

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