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How the "Health Insurance Bodyguard" helped reduce an OUTRAGEOUS hospital bill from $12,479 to $200

How the "Health Insurance Bodyguard" helped reduce an OUTRAGEOUS hospital bill from $12,479 to $200

Overpriced CT scans, imaging tests and other types of treatment are an everyday occurrence in American health care. Here's how you fight back and win.

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Feb 14, 2022
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Lisa’s gut hurt so bad she couldn’t comfortably stand up, sit down, lie down, cough or laugh. And the debilitating pain had been going on for almost a week.

The paralegal, who lives near Tampa, Florida, got examined in an urgent care clinic. But it was July 17, 2021 — a Saturday. So when the physician assistant told her she needed a CT scan she had only…

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