After a car accident about 20 miles from her home in Denver, Lauren Hughes was taken to Platte Valley Hospital, the closest emergency facility. The hospital billed her more than $60,000 for surgery on ...

This doctor broke her ankle in a car accident. The hospital kept her overnight, but her insurer stopped paying after she left the emergency room.

This past February, when physician Dr. Lauren Hughes headed to her Denver clinic, she was shocked to end up dealing with her ...