Monthly Archives: August 2008

Medical Bill Craziness

August 10, 2008
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By Jan Greene Tom McGrath, a writer for Philadelphia magazine, took the time to try to figure out why the bill for his young daughter's appendectomy was $29,000. What he found out was how arbitrary medical billing can be, that hospital bills are highly fictional accounts of what a hospital may actually want, need...

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One Family’s Story

August 10, 2008
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By Jan Greene I had the opportunity to meet a family that's been through hell and back, but managed to remain smart and informed consumers of healthcare even as their toddler son endured a long and difficult fight with liver cancer. The Clarks, Richard and Diane, realized their son Dillon was sick during a...

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