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Credit alert! Unpaid medical bills hurt scores

Medical bills are different—they can cause serious and long-term financial problems. If you make a credit card purchase, you know how much you’ve spent and what the interest rate will

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Find and fix mistakes on your medical bills

Ever get a bill from your doctor that you thought should have been covered by insurance? You’re not alone: 7 percent of claims contained errors in 2013, according to the

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Medical bill bankruptcies enough to make you ill

Here’s the trouble with being sick: It’s a full-time job. It’s the ultimate in the 24/7 work cycle and it often sucks those around the ill into its thrust. When

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The best tips for negotiating your medical bills

Have you ever heard the saying “anything is negotiable”? Indeed, you can negotiate the figures on cars, houses, job offers, insurance rates—this list goes on. So why not medical bills

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Preventing surprise medical bills

State Financial Services Superintendent Ben Lawsky on Monday called on lawmakers to back reforms that would protect patients from getting blindsided by large medical bills in disputes between insurance companies

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Family fights $474K hospital bill

NN’s Drew Griffin and Time magazine investigate what’s behind the high cost of medical bills in America. They find a family who was charged hundreds of thousands of dollars for

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Anatomy of health care billing

A recent New York Times article focuses on the humble I.V. saline bag used more than a million times a day in hospitals and emergency departments around the country. This

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Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

How outrageous pricing and egregious profits are destroying our health care, By Steven Brill Monday

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Low-cost insurance could lead to high medical bills

Health insurance plans in Obamacare’s state exchanges will cost less than initially projected, according to a study released Thursday that the administration and its allies said is proof that the

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