Name: $50 walking boot, $430 bill: Portland family stunned by medical markup
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$50 walking boot, $430 bill: Portland family stunned by medical markup

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A Portland family argues that their $430 walking boot illustrates the problem of inflated costs in health care, where prices are obscured from the patient and detached from the reality of actual cost to providers. Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/health-care-medical-device-markup-insurance-costs-out-of-pocket-inflated-prices/283-e80ab041-ed3a-44d7-8a67-95c6a0f4ebde Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw

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investigations health local news the-story medical bills health care costs health care insurance medical devices medical markups healthcare pricing medical markups and discounts

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