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A new tactic in the war over out-of-network bills: Health care providers are suing employers

Leafing through them, he read seven words no small business owner wants to see: “A lawsuit has been filed against you.” The complaint, from air ambulance firm PHI Health, claimed Hancock was on the hook for almost $27,000 in medical helicopter bills.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 11, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC

This past August, Joe Hancock, a Kentucky plumbing and heating contractor, opened a just-delivered box packed with hundreds of sheets of paper.

They were tied to one of his now-retired employees, who needed an emergency flight after a heart attack.

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