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In Year 7, ‘Bill of the Month’ Gives Patients a Voice - KFF Health News

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Readers shared their most perplexing, vexing, and downright expensive medical bills.

This year , KFF Health News analyzed $ 800,000 in charges, including more than $370,000 owed by 12 patients and their families.

Caitlyn Mai of Oklahoma City was preapproved for a hearing implant, yet for months she was still hounded by notices saying she owed $ 139,000 .

Jamie Holmes of Lynden , Washington , refused to pay for two operations after she underwent only one.

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