Enlarge this image Bethany Birch paid more than $5,200 toward her medical debt after getting sued by Ballad Health in 2018. Owing…
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A ‘medical cost-sharing’ plan left this minister to pay most of his $160,000 bill
by Bram Sable-Smith January 9, 2023Enlarge this image Jeff and Kareen King received a hospital bill for $160,000 a few weeks after Jeff had a procedure to…
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‘Medical cost-sharing’ plan left this pastor on the hook for much of a $160,000 bill
by Bram Sable-Smith January 9, 2023Enlarge this image Jeff and Kareen King received a hospital bill for $160,000 a few weeks after Jeff had a procedure to…
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Enlarge this image After a car crash, Peggy Dula was billed $3,606 in ambulance fees by a taxpayer-funded municipal fire department. Bram…
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How Much Difference Will Eli Lilly’s Half-Price Insulin Make?
by Bram Sable-Smith March 10, 2019Enlarge this image Eli Lilly and Company, based in Indianapolis, is rolling out a half-price version of its insulin Humalog that will…
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American Travelers Seek Cheaper Prescription Drugs In Mexico And Beyond
by Bram Sable-Smith February 11, 2019Enlarge this image In Mexican border towns, big discount drugstores, as well as small pharmacies like this one in Tijuana, market their…
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‘We’re Fighting For Our Lives’: Patients Protest Sky-High Insulin Prices
by Bram Sable-Smith December 10, 2018Enlarge this image Angela Lautner, who lives in Elsmere, Ky., has Type 1 diabetes and is an advocate for affordable insulin. Maddie…
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For One Rural Community, Fighting Addiction Started With Recruiting The Right Doctor
by Bram Sable-Smith December 9, 2018Enlarge this image Located in Northern Wisconsin along the shores of Lake Superior, Ashland, Wis. has had enough of substance abuse issue.…
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