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Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Dan Frosch's "Your Money or Your Life" [Feb. 21] assumes that medical claims driving the increase in bankruptcies are legitimate. My colleagues and I are medical billing advocates, and as such we uncover not just sloppy billing practices at all levels of our medical system but widespread fraud and abuse. Whenever a claim is denied, the patient is billed full price for that service, and often they pay it, or try to.
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