House Panel Plans New ‘Surprise Billing’ Health Measure: Scott

House Education and Labor Cmte Chairman Bobby Scott says his panel plans to mark up new legislation in two weeks that deals with unexpected medical costs.

• Scott in an interview says a new measure will be written as opposed to taking up a bill from the House Energy and Commerce Cmte
• Scott says his aides are in talks with the Senate Health Cmte for a “bipartisan, bicameral” agreement that could win the support of Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander, who leads the Senate panel and is retiring at end of this year
• “We’ll name it after him if it gets ...