Archive - First Aid Kit

May 2025

An Arm and a Leg’s Summer Reading List

Some of our favorite books about health care in America

May 28 •

Claire Davenport

Medical-bill resources everyone should know about

Sourced from you, our readers!

May 21 •

Claire Davenport

More encouragement, via John Green

What I took away from his best-selling new book.

May 14 •

Yes, you can negotiate with bill collectors

Learn the right questions to ask and our best tips for settling up

May 7 •

Claire Davenport

April 2025

Two things to try before paying off medical debt

Don’t pay without checking these first.

Apr 30 •

Claire Davenport

Help us build a one-stop shop resource

Help us build on it!

Apr 23 •

How to stare down — and maybe scare off — a bill collector

What the “Fair Debt Collection Practices Act” can do for you, pt. 1

Apr 16 •

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

Apr 9 •

Claire Davenport

How to (maybe) steer clear of facility fees

Our two best strategies for avoiding these increasingly common charges

Apr 2 •

Claire Davenport

March 2025

We’ve still got some protections against medical debt collectors

And they’re still worth knowing about.

Mar 26 •

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