The Cruelest Bills

Listen: Grieving Families Face the Cruelest Bills

September 30, 2022

NPR’s “Consider This” podcast tells the stories of the Markow, Shickel, and Raspe familes. All had very sick infants who died after needing highly technical, very expensive treatment in neonatal intensive care units. Medical bills lived on for each family even after their babies died. “All Things Considered” host Juana Summers spoke to KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber about her reporting on The Cruelest Bills.

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September 30, 2022

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<p>NPR’s “Consider This” podcast tells the stories of the Markow, Shickel, and Raspe familes. All had very sick infants who died after needing highly technical, very expensive treatment in neonatal intensive care units. Medical bills lived on for each family even after their babies died. “All Things Considered” host Juana Summers spoke to KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber about <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/cruelest-bills-baby-death-hospitals-millions-dollars/">her reporting</a> on The Cruelest Bills.</p>
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