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RIP: Rest in Peace, Medical Debt

January 29, 2024

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It would be a waste of time to detail all of the issues with the US healthcare system, chief of which is the cost of medical coverage and, in spite of coverage, the way ordinary people can quickly rack up medical debt that takes away a lifetime of saving. Countless people have wondered why we can’t […]

The Hospital, the ER, the ER, and the Hospital

December 9, 2015

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Imagine a scenario in which you enter the hospital for routine, outpatient hernia surgery.  You know you are brewing a cold (or worse), but you don’t want to have to reschedule the surgery, so you don’t tell your doctor you are getting sick.  Your surgery is performed, and you go home. Two days later, you […]