STAT+: The umpires getting rich off surprise medical bills, and MLB job lock

The arbitration mechanism created by the No Surprises Act was designed to resolve out-of-network medical billing disputes, but it has delivered strikingly high profit margins to the arbitrators who decide the cases, with some rivaling those of tech giants, as STAT+ colleague Tara Bannow reports in an exclusive. Separately, Milwaukee Brewers player Jake Bauers returned to baseball to keep his team health insurance.