
First Aid Kit
Our newsletter sums up and shares the practical lessons we’ve learned about surviving the health care system, financially.
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Fighting Bills
April 30, 2025
Two things to try before paying off medical debt
Don’t pay without checking these first.
Making Change
April 23, 2025
Help us build a one-stop shop resource
Plus an exciting DIY project to help your neighbors.
Fighting Bills
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.
Fighting Bills
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.
Fighting Bills
April 2, 2025
How to (maybe) steer clear of facility fees
Our two best strategies for avoiding these increasingly common charges.
March 26, 2025
We’ve still got some protections against medical debt collectors
And they’re still worth knowing about, you know??
Making Change
March 19, 2025
Finding encouragement
And not just in fighting medical bills.
March 12, 2025
How my roommate and I are tackling almost $14,500 in medical bills, Pt. 2
Reading your receipts.
The Big Picture
March 5, 2025
A medical-debt watchdog gets sidelined: Now what?
This federal agency kept bill collectors in line. It might be disappearing.
February 26, 2025
How my roommate and I are tackling almost $14,500 in medical bills
Part 1: Getting organized.
February 19, 2025
First Aid Kit is going weekly
Restocking the kit with more advice for navigating the evolving health care ~hellscape~ in 2025.
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