1.0KFF Health Newshttps://kffhealthnews.orgLynne Shallcrosshttps://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/khnlynnes/Massachusetts Stroke Patient Receives 'Outrageous' $474,725 Medical Flight Bill - KFF Health Newsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ucT4VjaM1k"><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/massachusetts-stroke-patient-receives-outrageous-474725-medical-flight-bill/">Massachusetts Stroke Patient Receives ‘Outrageous’ $474,725 Medical Flight Bill</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/massachusetts-stroke-patient-receives-outrageous-474725-medical-flight-bill/embed/#?secret=ucT4VjaM1k" width="600" height="338" title="“Massachusetts Stroke Patient Receives ‘Outrageous’ $474,725 Medical Flight Bill” — KFF Health News" data-secret="ucT4VjaM1k" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/1220_medical-flight-bill01_1350.jpg1350900After a 34-year-old woman suffered a stroke in Kansas, doctors there arranged for her to be transferred to a Boston hospital, via an Angel MedFlight Learjet. The woman and her father believed the cost of the medical flight would be covered by her private insurance. Then they got the bill.