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How peeing in a cup can cost you $6,250

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Sperm buyers beware | Man with checkered past fathers 36+ kids

3 countries. 5 states. 36+ children. And about a 10% chance of inheriting the mental illness from the sperm donor that gave them life.
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Sperm buyers beware | Man with checkered past fathers 36+ kids

<p>3 countries. 5 states. 36+ children. And about a 10% chance of inheriting the mental illness from the sperm donor that gave them life. </p>
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California medical billing protections prompts call for action in Washington state

A newly passed bill in California to protect consumers from surprising out-of-network medical bills has led to a call for action in Olympia.
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One of Washington's largest labs faces repeated patient complaints

KING 5 has received repeated complaints over the past three months about one of Washington's largest medical labs, Cellnetix, and specifically, the company's billing practices.
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Patients surprised by large lab bills related to contract dispute

Following a KING5 report in May about a woman forced to pay a chunk of her lab bill out of pocket because the medical lab and her insurance company were temporarily in a contract dispute, KING5 heard from roughly two dozen others who complained they too had received surprising bills when Cellnetix temporarily fell out of network with Premera.
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Auburn woman calls $46,000 medical bill excessive

KING 5 has received well over 100 emails from viewers asking for help with their medical bills. Among the most shocking came from a viewer in Auburn who complained that a Seattle hospital had nearly tripled its prices year over year.
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Patient claims medical billing practices "morally wrong"

Washington consumers have been gouged by unexpected medical bills despite going to a doctor or clinic in their insurer’s network, but Washington patients are not the only ones hit by a practice called balance billing.
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Lawmakers to address medical bill sticker shock

Washingtonians complain they've been caught off guard by exorbitant medical bills despite having health insurance.
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Buyer Beware: Share your bills

Buyer Beware: Share your bills
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'I feel potentially robbed,' says local hospital patient

Patients have compared it to a pricey game of roulette.
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Buyer Beware: Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler

Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler