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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
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
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