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How to Enlist the Media to Help With Your Bogus Medical Bill

Daniel Hill got billed $16,963 for two sleep studies. He got ignored for a year until a journalist took on the story.

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Marshall Allen
Jan 31, 2023
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Daniel Hill first messaged me on Twitter a year ago. 

The 43-year-old was getting overcharged for two sleep studies he’d had in 2020 at JFK Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey. His cut-rate insurance plan had pre-approved the tests and then not covered them, sticking him with the bill. An outrageously priced bill.  

The hospital bills, for two tests, cam…

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