The Price of Being Alive

On navigating the extraordinary cost of healthcare

Aubrey Hirsch

Jul 28, 2023

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A guest post by

Aubrey Hirsch

Aubrey Hirsch is a writer and illustrator living in New York. Her stories, essays and comics have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vox, TIME, The Nib, Black Warrior Review, American Short Fiction and elsewhere.

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John DiTraglia MD

Writes fat science

Jul 28

so 450 billion$ is the profit somebody is making from our health care (non) system. there's our problem -> those vested interests.

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Melissa Meza

I got hurt at work 2 years ago. My workers comp claim was denied but I was told they were covering my initial visit to the hospital. Great. Fast forward to now, I get a $1700 bill from the hospital. Thankfully, I still have the letter from workers comp insurance stating they were supposed to cover it. I contact them, they say they will cover it. And now the hospital is telling me the workers comp insurance is once again denying to cover it! 🤦‍♀️

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