This Denver doctor was hit by a car, then a $63K bill when her insurer denied her coverage. Here are her tips on fighting back if it happens to you

This past February, when physician Dr. Lauren Hughes headed to her Denver clinic, she was shocked to end up dealing with her own emergency — and the hospital bill that came with it.

Another driver T-boned her Subaru. She was raced to the nearest emergency department at Platte Valley Medical Center.

Hughes agreed to surgery for a broken ankle and deep cut to her knee. She would have advised the same for any of her patients; it would be routine…

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