The case of the extorting masseuse.
A client texts for a massage and gets extorted.
Fighting a medical bill - argue the lowest price on any hospital's pricing sheet is the "reasonable value."
The common law requirement that only "reasonable value" need be paid, together with the 2021 federal health care price transparency law, can empower folks to argue for the lowest price possible. Perhaps the amount already paid is enough.
Why did you bring the firetruck? Is balancing billing why hospitals profits are billions while 20% of American have medical debt
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 2018 Survey of Income and Program Participation, 20% of households had medical debt where he householder age was between 35 and 64 years.
Lone Peak Hospital's Surprise Medical Bill and how I beat it
Lone Peak Hospital's surprise medical bill gets zeroed out.