A ‘medical cost-sharing’ plan left this minister to pay most of his $160,000 bill

(By Bram Sable-Smith for NPR)

Kareen King calls it “the ultimate paradox”: The hospital that saved her husband Jeff’s heart also broke it.

What Happened Jeff King, of Lawrence, Kan., needed his heart rhythm restored to normal with a procedure called an ablation — sooner rather than later, his doctor said. Jeff asked the hospital for a cost estimate, but said he didn’t hear back before his scheduled surgery in January 2021 at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, Kan. Continue reading here…

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