{"id":19943,"date":"2022-07-01T08:16:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T12:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19943"},"modified":"2022-07-01T08:16:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T12:16:31","slug":"how-to-get-rid-of-medical-debt-or-avoid-it-in-the-first-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19943","title":{"rendered":"How to get rid of medical debt \u2014 or avoid it in the first place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Yuki Noguchi for NPR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lori Mangum was 32 when apple-sized tumors sprouted on her head. Now \u2014 six years and 10 surgeries later \u2014 the skin cancer is gone. But her pain lives on, in the form of medical debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with insurance, Mangum paid $36,000 out-of-pocket, charges that stemmed from the hospital, the surgeon, the anesthesiologist, the pharmacy, and follow-up care. And she still has about $7,000 more to pay.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2022\/07\/01\/1095294993\/medical-bills-debt-relief\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2022\/07\/01\/1095294993\/medical-bills-debt-relief\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"72\" class=\"wp-image-3902\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Yuki Noguchi for NPR) Lori Mangum was 32 when apple-sized tumors sprouted on her head. Now \u2014 six years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-medical-debt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19944,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19943\/revisions\/19944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}