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Miami lawmaker pushes bill to ban unexpected medical charges for emergency services

Like most patients, Robert Delfino did what his doctor told him: Go to the hospital for an outpatient cardiac procedure to determine the cause of his heart condition. Delfino, 54,

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How to address surprise medical bills

You have health insurance and think a service you receive will paid partly by your plan coverage. If your insurer paid less than you expected for the medical bill, you

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How to Predict the Size of Your Next Major Medical Bill

People avoid going to the doctor for many reasons, but cost is a huge deterrent. According to a 2014 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, 26% of women and 20%

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How To Fix Medical Bill Mistakes

A father and son can sit on a couch, together, today because of a selfless act. Tay needed a kidney transplant. Son Andrew volunteered. “At first, I didn’t want him

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Struck By a Duck: The Strangest Codes in the US Medical Billing System

When you go to the doctor, there’s a medical code that determines how your treatment gets billed. Getting treated for urban rabies? Well, that’s distinct from woods-based sylvatic rabies, and

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Gov. Scott explains his claims about hospital pricing

Anyone who’s ever spent time in the hospital can attest to the confusion, and occasional terror, that accompany a reading of their medical bills. Gov. Rick Scott declared this week

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Out-of-network health care costs more. A lot more

If you go “out of network” to get health care, your bank book might go into the red. A new analysis finds that people who get common treatments from doctors

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Hospital, outpatient prices for privately insured vary widely

A new analysis of prices private insurers pay for healthcare services may fuel the already mounting consumer demand for transparency from payers and providers. Prices for hospital care and outpatient

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Consumer Reports reveals how to avoid surprise medical bills

Studies show medical bills are the biggest cause of bankruptcies in the United States and health insurance doesn’t always have you covered. Insurance companies and hospitals make it confusing to

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What to do about surprise medical bills

Eric Christenson had shoulder surgery this year, and he thought everything would be completely covered by his insurance company. “A couple months after the surgery, I received a bill,” Christenson

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