On Those Rising Costs in Medical Care
A passage in a Wall Street Journal article (subscriber link) caught my eye: On TV one night, Mrs. Kelly saw a news segment about people who try to get patients’ bills reduced. She contacted Holly Wallack, who is part of a group that works on contingency to reduce patients’ bills; she keeps one-third of what she saves clients. Ms. Wallack began firing off complaints to M.D. Anderson. She said Mrs. Kelly had been billed more than $360 for blood tests that most insurers pay $20 or less for, and
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