When you're having health issues, the last thing you want is so much aggravation. >> Todd Bash, a part-time teacher from the Los Angeles area, has been searching for a diagnosis for a spinal problem and an explanation from his insure for his medical bills. >> What are these extra charges, and they informed me that it was a hospital facility fee.So, I explained I wasn't at a hospital. I just went to a doctor's appointment. But what he learned is that even outpatient doctor's offices like the one he went to c ...

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