Watch: Woman hit with $28k bill for a throat swab

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Reviewed by Kate Anderton, B.Sc. (Editor)Jan 2 2020

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A routine doctor’s visit for a sore throat brought more than $28,000 in charges for one New York City woman in our latest “Bill of the Month” installment.

Woman hit with $28,000+ bill after throat swab test at doctor's visit

David Begnaud of “CBS This Morning,” in partnership with NPR and Kaiser Health News, discussed the case with KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal in the Dec. 31 broadcast.

This article was reprinted from khn.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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Tags: Cold, DNA, Doctor, Health Care, Sore Throat, Throat

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