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Got an unaffordable or incorrect medical bill? Calling your hospital billing office will usually get you a discount

  • Written by Erin Duffy, Research Scientist and Director of Research Training in Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
imageDisagree with that medical bill? It might be worth calling your hospital billing office.damircudic/E+ via Getty Images

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