The Bill After the Battle

Surviving the medical crisis was only the beginning.

When the hospital doors close and the patient returns home, another battle often begins-one fought through confusing bills, denied insurance claims, lost income, mounting debt, interrupted employment, emotional exhaustion, and the fear that a single illness could destroy everything a family has worked to build.

In The Bill After the Battle, author, filmmaker, and patient advocate Walter T. Byrd Jr. draws from a lifetime of complex medical c...