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Pumping The Brakes

Purring engines and showroom shine ignite a spark in new car shoppers — but if potential buyers perceive the economy as stalled, they back away from the dealer’s window, resigned...

Revamping A Retirement Plan

For 23 years Calvin and Jacqueline McGahee’s marriage has been a wonderful ride. They married at 19 and 20 and have since journeyed all over the world, even living for...

Fight Medical Billing Errors

Fight Medical Billing Errors

When Beverly Browning of Mesa, Arizona, checked into a hospital for a biopsy in 2003, she was thrilled the test was benign, but dismayed to receive a $9,500 bill. Her insurance company refused to pay, citing a pre-existing condition, and Browning was left to pick up the tab, though “I thought that was a lot of money for a 45-minute procedure,” she says. Browning, now 62, hired a medical billing advocate, a professional who works with patients to resolve billing errors and recoup their money. The move paid off, as the billing advocate, Cindy J. Holtzman of Medical Refund Service, Inc., in Marietta, Georgia., negotiated with the hospital, convincing them to lower the price by about $1,800. Holtzman then further negotiated with Browning’s insurance company, getting them to pick up most of the tab. Altogether, “I saved her about $7,500,” Holtzman says.

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