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Since 2018, "Bill of the Month" has investigated medical bills totaling almost $6.3 million — including nearly $2.8 million that patients were expected to pay out-of-pocket. Cited at statehouses, the U.S. Capitol, and the White House, the series has led to changes in health policy. Bram Sable-Smith/KFF Health New Julia Robinson Lauren Justice Heidi de Marco Zack Wittman Nitashia Johnson Kevin Painchaud and Laura Buckman for KFF Health hide caption

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'Bill of the Month': The series that dissects and slashes medical bills

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Bill of the month sunset

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Do dogs need sweaters?

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Do dogs need sweaters?

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For a food product to qualify as 'healthy' it must fall below certain limits on added sugars, sodium and saturated fat. Hispanolistic/Getty Images hide caption

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Who can say it's healthy? The FDA has a new definition for food labels

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Who can say it's healthy? The FDA has a new definition for food labels

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Physician assistant Danis Walker vaccinates a construction worker outside a Lowes Home Improvement store in New Orleans on June 11, 2021. Rosemary Westwood/WWNO
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Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots

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