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Help! I’m stuck with a gigantic medical bill.

Don’t freak out. We’ve created a guide to help you manage.

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Your step-by-step guide

A success story

The negotiating table

Bill-fighting Olympics

Your step-by-step guide

Our best strategies and advice for tackling a huge medical bill.

What not to do when you get a big medical bill

Pro tip: Don’t pay right away.

First, see if you can get your medical bill forgiven

An underrated, but essential step to start out with.

Get an itemized medical bill and fact-check it

You might not owe as much as you think.

A success story

Our Engagement Producer—Claire Davenport—helped her roommate wipe away nearly $14,500 of medical bills. Here are the strategies they used.

How my roommate and I are tackling almost $14,500 in medical bills

Follow Claire’s journey to help her roommate—Margot— pay off her medical bills. In part one, it’s all about getting organized.

How my roommate and I are tackling almost $14,500 in medical bills, Pt. 2

In part 2, we continue to follow Claire and Margot’s journey to pay off a ginormous medical bill.

We wiped out almost $10K of my roommate’s medical bills

Spoiler alert: Always read the explanation of benefits (EOB).

The negotiating table

Some tips on how to get them across the table, and what to ask.

The Medical Bill “Negotiation Lab”

The non-profit Dollar For attempts to game out the best way to negotiate with hospitals and debt collectors.

How to fight like a bulldog (against bogus medical bills)

Introducing an HR director known for his unique tactics to negotiate medical bills.

Yes, you can negotiate with bill collectors

It’s all about knowing the right questions to ask.

Bill-fighting Olympics

Heartening — and sometimes enraging— stories from patients who played the game and won.

A $229,000 medical bill goes to court

The hospital quoted her $1,337. They billed her $229,000 — and sued her for it. Why her case went all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court, and what it could mean for the rest of us.

Winning a two-year fight over a bogus bill

A listener named Meagan spent more than two years trying to get her insurance and the hospital she visited to communicate. Here’s how she kept up the fight, and avoided paying for what she didn’t owe.

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