Fighting Bills
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First Aid Kit
September 25, 2025
A tool for avoiding hospital bills you can’t pay
Hey there, It’s no mystery: The size of your hospital bill depends a lot on...
First Aid Kit
September 11, 2025
Help! Do I have to pay for the hospital’s $47,000 mistake?
Hey there — I get a lot of questions from An Arm and a Leg listeners. Sometimes...
First Aid Kit
September 4, 2025
The “one-stop shop” resource list 2.0
Avid “First Aid Kit” readers might remember that in the spring, we wrote about a...
First Aid Kit
August 28, 2025
Who you’re really fighting, when you fight insurance
Hey there – Over on the podcast, we’re bringing back a story from our archive...
First Aid Kit
August 21, 2025
Advanced tips for getting financial assistance for hospital bills
By far the most powerful piece of information Dan and our team at An Arm and...
First Aid Kit
July 25, 2025
Medical debt news update, plus an announcement!
Hey there. We’ve got a couple quick updates for you this week. First: some developments...
First Aid Kit
June 26, 2025
An old school but worthy directory of prescription drug resources
Hey there— Welcome to the third installment in our series on dealing with the wild...
First Aid Kit
May 7, 2025
Yes, you can negotiate with bill collectors
Hi, Claire here. Sometimes, negotiating a lower bill with a debt collector is one of...
First Aid Kit
April 30, 2025
Two things to try before paying off medical debt
Don’t pay without checking these first....
First Aid Kit
April 16, 2025
How to stare down — and maybe scare off — a bill collector
What the “Fair Debt Collection Practices Act” can do for you, pt. 1...
First Aid Kit
April 9, 2025
We wiped out almost $10K of my roommate’s medical bills
How we tackled nearly $10k out of $14.5k in medical bills...
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