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Getting an Itemized Hospital Bill Is Basically Impossible

DON’T GET SICK OR HURT IN AMERICA

How a minor bike accident and a few stitches turned into thousands of dollars in medical bills and a months-long quest for a straight answer from somebody—anybody.

Mike Masnick
Mike Masnick
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There are two things I don’t recommend ever having to experience if you can avoid them.

First, getting flung headfirst over the handlebars of a bicycle,

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