Let's Turn Employers and Working Americans Into Savvy Health Care Consumers

Patients are being overcharged, sent to collections and sued for medical debt. Preventing the harm starts with education.

My friend texted me the other day with another doozie of a health care bill.

“Hey you’d be proud,” he wrote. “I decided NOT TO PAY THE FIRST BILL.”

My friend is not your typical health care consumer. He’s a well established practicing physician. But his story shows that even the most educated and savvy patients need to be on guard against unjustified heal…