John J. Wixted

Surgeon and researcher

Anesu Karen Murambadoro

Medical student

While the individual parts of this system might have made sense at one point, our billing and health insurance plans are often completely disjointed and confusing. We can all understand, though, that hospitals need to be solvent to stay open.

 A demonstrator protests proposed Medicaid cuts outside the office of Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., on June 11. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

How Medicaid cuts will hurt every hospital — including yours

Pediatrician Irving Phillips examines a 16-month-old boy at a CommuniCARE+OLE clinic on June 26 in Davis, Calif. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP)