How much money could you come up with in a medical emergency? For most people, a few thousand dollars would be difficult to find. Unfortunately, many medical bills run a
It’s likely happened to you. A week or so after a routine doctor visit, you get an outrageous bill, charged for things you didn’t even know would cost you. Its
A serious illness or injury can be very disruptive. Aside from healing, youll likely be overwhelmed for a little while as you try to put your work and family life
Do you become frustrated and overwhelmed managing your medical bills and your health insurance claims? Are you stressed out by having to tell your story over and over again each
Last year, Salt Lake mother Paige Strate found her world turning upside down. Her marriage was about to end, and her then 1-year-old daughter Luisa was diagnosed with moderate bilateral
Imagine youve been denied employment because of something in your medical history. You and your doctor cant figure it out, until you do a little digging into your paperwork. Turns
More than half of Americans say they are sometimes or always confused by medical bills, possibly because few patients are offered cost estimates of treatment before they receive it. These
When it comes to health care, you must often act as your own (or a family members) advocateensuring you understand your diagnoses and treatments while pushing for the highest quality
arlier this year, I got an unpleasant surprise in my mailbox. A $820.19 surprise, to be exact. This was a bill from MedStar’s National Rehabilitative Network, where I’d recently completed
No expenditure can hurl you toward financial ruin as quickly as medical bills. Medical debt is a major factor in the filing of consumer bankruptcies. And it often invades your
