How much would you pay for a teddy bear? $5.00? $10.00? If you get one in a hospital in the state of California , you might even recognize it on your bill. We’ve seen it called a “cough support device”—and we’ve seen patients charged over $100 for it. It sounds outrageous, we know. But it happens more often than you think.

Millions of dollars worth of medical overbillings go undetected every year. Meanwhile, almost 1/5 of single, retired senior citizens are living below the poverty line—and retired couples are spending 20% of what they do have on medical bills and healthcare! (Source: “Understanding Expenditure Patterns in Retirement," published by the Boston College Center for Retirement Research)

It’s no wonder medical debts account for half of all bankruptcies in the U.S. , according to a recent Harvard study.

Medical Bill Review & Recovery’s medical bill review services can help make sure it doesn’t happen to you.