The Medical Bill Survival Guide: What You Need to Know Before You Pay a Dime - Revised Edition

Ready for a real medical horror story? Nine out of ten medical bills contain errors. The total yearly overcharge nationwide is a staggering $10 billion. Counting on your insurance to pick up the slack? Don’t even think about it. Now a leading consumer advocate for patients everywhere gives you the knowledge you need to fight back. THE MEDICAL BILL SURVIVAL GUIDE will help you get back what’s yours—and make sure you’ll never have to spend an extra, unnecessary dime on the care you deserve, ever again. Discover: • What hospitals don’t want you to know—and how not knowing can cost you a fortune • The unbreakable code of medical-bill language—and how to bust them all • What insurance companies mean by usual, reasonable, and customary treatments—ten common courtesies worth fighting for.