Hospital bills should not outlive our loved ones

In 2010, I lost my mother to cancer.  She was a fighter and had survived well past her prognosis, but her hospital costs outlived her. Let me go back to late 2004. That was the year the doctors suspected she had cancer. My mother, who was not a smoker, was officially diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer early on in 2005. When the biopsy confirmed that the small lesion in the lower lobe of her right lung was indeed cancer, the surgeons performed a lobectomy.  We, of course, realized that this would come at a cost, but we had decent insurance coverage at the time. We certainly were not anticipating the cost to rival and even surpass the bills we paid after my sister was born, via Cesarean section, around that same time. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Conditions Cancer Hospital Source Type: blogs