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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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Patient advocates and attorneys offer strategies to help you save on costs.
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.
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.
A New York family had good health insurance. But the bills for their daughter’s care started showing up and kept coming.