by Patrick Appel
Many readers have asked for all the sickbed stories to be put in one place. Here are links to the posts from week one in mostly chronological order:
Can You Give Me A Ride?: I Can't Afford The Ambulance
Seizures In Public Places: Avoiding The Ambulance
Your Newborn Son Has A Preexisting Condition
My Insurance Company Got A 96% Discount!
Working For A National Insurance Company: The Payment Process
Gold-Plated Insurance: Denying Vaccination To Premature Babies
And here are week two's posts organized by theme:
Not Starting A Small Business Because Of Health Care Costs
What Does That Cost?
A Bankruptcy Lawyer: Opaque Costs Are The Worst Part Of Our Health Care System
Planning A Pregnancy: Trying To Get The Bill Up Front
Electronic Medical Billing Company: Mark Ups For The Uninsured
Authorizing Treatments: The Whole Gory Process
The $15,000 Needle II: No Incentive For A Surgeon To Save Money
No Incentive For An Emergency Room Physician To Save Money Either
Health Savings Accounts: Pro And Con
Plumbing The Depths of Ignorance: Negotiating Health Care Fees And Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
A HSA Salesman: Separating The Healthy From The Sick
Odds And Ends:
Advance Health Care Directives: I Want To Go Like Mimi Did
At The VA Hospital: In And Out In 45 Minutes
The Underinsured: Between Full Employment And Medicare
Narcolepsy, Drug Costs, And Work: A Catch 22
Approving, Then Rejecting Coverage
Gastric Bypass: Waiting Ten Years
Please keep sending your stories to andrew@theatlantic.com. Thanks to everyone for sharing.
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