Incident Report

Investigative journalist Marshall Allen teaches us how we can fight back against opaque and predatory medical bills. Learn more about Marshall's work and get his outstanding new book, Never Pay The First Bill, here. Full video with transcript. Topics & Timecodes 0:00 Intro: Marshall’s work exposing the abuse of front line healthcare professionals during the early pandemic 2:47 Marshall’s work at the Las Vegas Sun exposing the abuse of foreign medical graduates on J-1 Visa programs 10:26 “Normalization of deviance” in US healthcare, exposing it with Dr. Marty Makary, and the most amazing hospital experience Marshall’s had 14:50 New U.S. hospital price transparency rules and how & why hospitals aren’t complying 16:09 Why you should care about healthcare costs even if your employer is “paying,” and how even doctors get screwed when they become patients despite their knowledge of the system 19:49 Who is the REAL customer in healthcare and why the big legacy players almost never side with the patient/consumer, the