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Why unexpectedly high ambulance bills are still a problem in the U.S.
By: Ali Rogin | Laura Santhanam | Kaisha Young | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — In a medical emergency, you want to get to a hospital as quickly as possible. But what happens when there are unexpectedly high ambulance bills for the… Read More
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A ‘medical cost-sharing’ plan left this minister to pay most of his $160,000 bill
By: Bram Sable-Smith | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Kareen King calls it “the ultimate paradox”: The hospital that saved her husband Jeff’s heart also broke it. What Happened Jeff King, of Lawrence, Kan., needed… Read More
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How banks and hospitals are cashing in when patients can’t pay for health care
By: Noam Levey | Aneri Pattani | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Patients at North Carolina-based Atrium Health get what looks like an enticing pitch when they go to the nonprofit hospital system’s website: a payment plan from… Read More