Why Your “Covered” Care Still Costs $8,000 and How to Fight Back with Christy Snodgrass, RN

You had good insurance and pre-approval for a routine procedure. Then the bill arrived: $8,000. The same procedure your insurance promised to cover is now a financial nightmare.

Dr. Bayo talks with Christy Snodgrass, RN, and founder of Healthcare Reformed with 850K+ followers, who gives you the exact tools to fight unfair medical bills, challenge insurance denials, and navigate our broken healthcare system.

Key Takeaways:

• How to challenge unfair medical bills

• Fighting insurance denials successfully

• Free resources to check fair pricing before treatment

• Patient advocate programs that can help

• Mental health support navigation

Resources Mentioned:

• HealthcareReformed.org (patient resources all combined - Christy’s website)

• FairHealthConsumer.org (check medical service prices)

• Turquoise.health (check bill pricing)

• GoodRx

• NeedyMeds

• Patient Advocate Foundation (free case management)

•  Patient Advocate Foundation Disease Fund (funding by diagnosis)

• National Association of Medication Advocacy and Patient Advocates (volunteers who help people find ways to afford medications)

•  Rocketreach.co Find contact info for your healthcare team

Connect with Christy:

• HealthcareReformed.org 

• Instagram @ChristyPRN 

• Tik Tok @ChristyPRN

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