Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Save Over $82,000 on Heart Surgery: An affordable healthcare plan for all

Scott Miller did not have health insurance. How did he save over $82,000 on his heart surgery? His hospital bill was more than $150,000. His remaining cost was around $50,000, to be paid in installments. Now that is a huge savings that came out to even more than 50 cents on the dollar. He had a patient advocate come in and negotiated with the hospital on his behalf to get his bills reduced based on his ability to pay. Here's how.
Having a heart attack is scary enough, not to mention the cost of such an ordeal these days. For us folks without any kind of health plan at all, because it is too expensive, we have pre-existing conditions, or age limits, not to mention a whole lot of other reasons why some of us cannot get affordable healthcare options these days, it i View the rest of this article


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