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How to stare down — and maybe scare off — a bill collector
What the “Fair Debt Collection Practices Act” can do for you, pt. 1
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Claire Davenport
We wiped out almost $10K of my roommate’s medical bills
How we tackled nearly $10k out of $14.5k in medical bills
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Claire Davenport
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How to (maybe) steer clear of facility fees
Our two best strategies for avoiding these increasingly common charges
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Claire Davenport
We’ve still got some protections against medical debt collectors
And they’re still worth knowing about.
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Dan Weissmann
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Finding encouragement
And not just in fighting medical bills
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Dan Weissmann
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How my roommate and I are tackling almost $14,500 in medical bills, Pt. 2
Reading Your Receipts
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Claire Davenport
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A medical-debt watchdog gets sidelined: Now what?
This federal agency kept bill collectors in line. It might be disappearing.
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Dan Weissmann
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