Medical Bills and Fees

"The story of a painful but inspiring search for a cure for a fatal disease.... A moving argument for a more focused, humane, and efficient system for conducting medical research." -- Kirkus (starred review)

"Nuila practices internal medicine in Houston at Ben Taub Hospital, but the doctor's new book might take place in any big city where the uninsured -- like the patients he chronicles here -- face astronomical fees, mazes of endless paperwork, and poor or insufficient diagnoses made by exhausted medical professionals. Nuila's storytelling gifts place him alongside colleagues like Atul Gawande." -- The Los Angeles Times

"A briskly paced, heartfelt, often harrowing year in the life of an ER doctor on Chicago's historically Black South Side." -- San Francisco Chronicle

We offer a discussion of this new report with the executive director of the Healthy Minds Policy Initiative, a Tulsa-based nonprofit.

"The story of a painful but inspiring search for a cure for a fatal disease.... A moving argument for a more focused, humane, and efficient system for conducting medical research." -- Kirkus (starred review)

"Nuila practices internal medicine in Houston at Ben Taub Hospital, but the doctor's new book might take place in any big city where the uninsured -- like the patients he chronicles here -- face astronomical fees, mazes of endless paperwork, and poor or insufficient diagnoses made by exhausted medical professionals. Nuila's storytelling gifts place him alongside colleagues like Atul Gawande." -- The Los Angeles Times

Susanne O'Brien, RN, is an international speaker, a bestselling author, and a pioneer in the End-of-Life Doula Movement.

Dr. Heather Johnston offers a podcast exploring how medical care is both delivered and received in the US today.

Sachs writes a candid and accessible blog called The Patient Advocate's Chronicle.

Sachs writes a candid and accessible blog called The Patient Advocate's Chronicle.