Anna Almendrala appears in the following:
Hit With An Unexpectedly High Medical Bill, Here's How A Savvy Patient Fought Back
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
When the hospital tried to bill her for more than what she'd been quoted, Tiffany Qiu refused to pay the extra amount and the bill went to collections. She still didn't back down.
'To Stop Now Would Be Foolish': Doubling Down On Services For High-Cost Patients
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
A study this month showed giving extra social services to the neediest patients didn't reduce hospital readmissions. Now health advocates say that might not be the right measurement of success.
The Air Ambulance Billed More Than The Lung Transplant Surgeon
Wednesday, November 06, 2019
After Tom Saputo underwent a double-lung transplant in 2018, he was stunned by the more than $11,000 bill for his share of a 27-mile air ambulance ride from one hospital to another.
Ignore That Thing About Zika and Pesticides
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
A report linking the uptick in microcephaly cases in Brazil to a pesticide -- not Zika -- goes viral. Turns out, it's scientifically baseless. Ignore it.
