For Hannah Castle, an Ohio mom of premature quadruplets, the reality of the U.S. healthcare system was laid bare in a $4.04 million hospital stay. In a TikTok post against a backdrop of itemized bills, Castle details how long each of her four babies — Atlas, Magnolia, Morgan and Dominic — stayed in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and the cost for each child. "This is not including the delivery," Castle said. Don't Miss: The quadruplets’ hospital stays ranged from 64 days to 147 days, ...

Medical debt is a fact of life for millions of Americans, and the numbers are staggering. Roughly 20 million adults owe at least $250, while the total medical debt owed nationwide exceeds $220 billion. Fourteen million adults owe more than $1,000, and about three million carry medical debt over $10,000 [1]. Surveys show that nearly 79 million Americans have struggled with medical billing problems or are paying down medical debt [2]. And errors are common, and disputes happen frequently: Medical debt in c ...