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 • Sonja Allen
Same Procedure, Different Price: The Anesthesiology Billing Puzzle
Sam Radcliff had an in-network colonoscopy that left him with a $1,974 out-of-network anesthesiology bill. How it got resolved was completely…
 • Andrew Gordon
He fought a $22,603 medical bill and won
Walter Kerr joins me on video to discuss his story on how his family eliminated a $22,603 hospital ER bill using a series of advocacy tactics.
 • Andrew Gordon
Long-Term Care Insurance Causes Long-Term Stress
Alex Shah and his family navigated a minefield of long-term care insurance requirements and delays that cost them $25,600.
 • Andrew Gordon
How a $2,900 Hospital Bill Disappeared: One Patient’s Legal Victory
Attorney fights $2,883 bill after insurer pays $19,182 for $10,780 procedure.
 • Andrew Gordon
How One Mom Turned a $27,000 Medical Bill into $859
After receiving a $7,000 estimate for her son’s hernia surgery, Lindsay Bockwinkel received a $27,000 bill and went through a series of steps that left…
 • Andrew Gordon
Crisis to Courage: Advocacy Slashes $358K in Medical Debt
After a lifesaving surgery and two-week hospital stay, Rob Westly enlisted the help of a patient advocate and ended up eliminating over $358,000 in…
 • Andrew Gordon
Teacher Takes Health Care to School
Jordan Whitney, a middle school science teacher in Cleveland, shared her experience with chest pains and an emergency room visit that left her with a…
 • Andrew Gordon
How Much Should a Birth Cost?
Pete Martin and his wife, Katherine trimmed bills of nearly $9,000 from their daughter’s birth down to $4,000 after persistent negotiations with…
 • Andrew Gordon
Hospital’s Unjust Enrichment Takes Advantage of a Sick Mother
Chris & Rebecca Kerr challenged payments they had made for a multi-day hospital stay and ended up recouping all of it, saving $1,040.
 • Andrew Gordon
A Hurricane, A Horrible Accident and a Flurry of Bills Over $71K
Robert & Carmel Hohmann share their story about successfully wiping out $71,000 in bills, after a series of misfortunes threatened to leave them more…
 • Andrew Gordon
The Power of Patient Advocacy
“I thought I was protecting my wife by getting insurance, but I was actually walking into a financial minefield.”
 • Andrew Gordon
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