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Article: Pleading your case on medical bills is a sound policy
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 18, 2009
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SPENDING SMART
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New Englander.
When Nicole Stamas of Hudson, N.H., got slapped with a $1,720
bill in November for an ambulance trip between two hospitals that
was not covered by her insurance policy, she could not afford it.
She's 22, works full time as an optician at Sam's Club, and hopes to
start saving money to go back to school to study interior design.
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