The Agony Of Medical Bills

Lauren Giordano / Atlantic It shouldn’t take a Harvard expert in health policy to understand a doctor’s bill. But sometimes, it does. In August of last year, Liz was a medical student whose doctor found a lump on her tonsils. Her primary care physician referred her to an in-network ear-nose-and-throat specialist.

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