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242 - Leadership Born in the ICU - Kimberly Carleson’s Mission to Fix Health Care Billing

Kimberly Carleson didn’t set out to become a leader in health care reform. Life forced her into it.

When her husband was diagnosed with stage four metastatic bladder cancer, Kimberly found herself navigating a health care system built for confusion, not care. Pregnant and raising a young daughter, she refused to accept the death sentence doctors gave her husband. Her advocacy, persistence, and leadership saved his life—and revealed a deeper calling.

That experience became the foundation for U.S. Beacon, the company she founded to fight bloated medical billing and protect employers from…

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