My name is Lauren Slomenda. I live in Reno, Nevada. I work in higher education. That's my

full-time gig. And I probably should have been a lawyer.

Lauren sent me a note a few months ago. With the subject heading, I sued a hospital in small

claims court and lost. Here's what I learned. It ended. I technically lost, but I feel like I won.

I'm just kind of a bulldog, especially when I feel like big organizations with a lot of power

are taking advantage of people, especially people that I care about. I just get really fired up

and I'm not afraid of a little conflict. If you wanted to encourage more people, maybe

a lot more people to give this a try. I was like, let's definitely talk.

This is an arm and a leg. I show about why healthcare costs a freaking month and what we can maybe

do about it. I'm Dan Weissman. I'm a reporter. I like a challenge. So our job on this show is to

take one of the most enraging, terrifying, depressing parts of American life and bring you something

entertaining, empowering, and useful. Lauren says studying medical bills has become kind of a hobby.

Something she traces back to childhood. Her dad passed away when she was eight. There wasn't a lot

of money. My mom is a person who will call someone and argue over a penny. I just remember her

spending hours on the phone arguing with insurance companies and retrospect. I'm realizing

how difficult that must have been, especially because my brother has a couple disabilities.

And before Obamacare, those are all pre-existing conditions, so no one wanted to cover him.

Yeah. Lauren's primed for a good fight, but it's not like he went right to court the first time she

got a messed up medical bill. Actually, earlier that same year, I had like a bogus bill from this

same hospital group that I just like didn't try as hard to fight, but when they sent me another one,

I was like, you guys gotta be kidding me. Absolutely not. So I just fought them tooth and nail on it.

And I think it's worth hearing what Lauren's like when she's not fighting tooth and nail. The

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