There is a whole industry of "medical billing advocates" you can pay to find what is likely thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars of completely made up charges on any given US hospital bill and "negotiate" them away. You don't necessarily need press coverage though it obviously helps.
Hell one time I got a $15k bill for something insurance should have covered. Called the hospital, turns out insurance had covered it and I didn't actually owe any money at all. How many people get this kind of stuff and just pay it anyway?
Hell one time I got a $15k bill for something insurance should have covered. Called the hospital, turns out insurance had covered it and I didn't actually owe any money at all. How many people get this kind of stuff and just pay it anyway?