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Surprise medical bills are in the news across the country as local and national press chronicles how these unexpected costs are bankrupting families. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/05/691374149/bipartisan-support-builds-for-limits-on-surprise-medical-bills …

Drew Calver was 44 when he collapsed from a heart attack. At the ER, he was told that his urgently needed treatment would be covered. But months later he got a $160,000 bill—$108K+ of which his insurance refused to pay (until he talked to @NPR). https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/08/31/643342598/his-109k-heart-attack-bill-is-now-down-to-332-after-npr-told-his-story …

And it’s not just major surgery: @voxdotcom reports that when one-year-old Margot Sroka was treated for a cut in a 30-minute hospital visit, her parents got a surprise bill for $937. https://www.vox.com/health-care/2018/4/10/17156230/emergency-bill-prices-pediatric-patients …