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9 tips to help you negotiate a medical bill

Many patients have been blindsided by unexpected and costly medical bills. Patient advocates and attorneys who specialize in medical debt offered these tips to save on medical costs. ....

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Report finds more people facing medical debt during pandemic

More than half of people who caught COVID-19 or lost income because of it, are now dealing with medical debt, according to a report by the non-profit healthcare advocate The Commonwealth Fund. ....

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Covid-19 charges at hospitals can vary by tens of thousands of dollars, a WSJ analysis finds

The cost of similar Covid-19 treatments can vary by tens of thousands of dollars a patient, even within the same hospital, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of pricing data that indicates pandemic care hasn’t escaped the complex economics of the U.S. health system. ....

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Their baby died in the hospital. Then came the $257,000 bill.

A New York family had good health insurance. But the bills for their daughter’s care started showing up and kept coming. ....

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