<h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>: Understanding hospital billing was supposed to get easier, but a federal law on healthcare pricing has failed, a Sun-Times investigation finds.</p><p>🗞️ <b>Plus</b>: Video contradicts an FBI agent's account of shooting a teen, CPS grads reflect on tumultuous years of learning and more news you need to know.</p><p>📝 <b>Keeping score</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wkjjyul-l-j/" target="_blank" >The White Sox lost to the Tigers</a>, 5-4.</p><p>📧 <b>Subscribe</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletter-hub.suntimes.com/" target="_blank" ><i>Get our morning newsletter delivered to your inbox weekday mornings.</i></a></p><p>⏱️: <i>A 7-minute read</i></p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S WEATHER 🌤️</h4><p>Partly cloudy with a high near 71.</p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S TOP STORY 🔎</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-6d0000" name="image-6d0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0a4ac08/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F72%2F99%2Fca67f9ad4ebebfc7bc4db0104419%2Fwatchhospital-260426.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7ea7da4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F72%2F99%2Fca67f9ad4ebebfc7bc4db0104419%2Fwatchhospital-260426.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4b957d7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F72%2F99%2Fca67f9ad4ebebfc7bc4db0104419%2Fwatchhospital-260426.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Emilie Kostecka poses for a portrait at her home in Logan Square on Monday March 30, 2026. Kostecka recently scheduled an MRI and expected to pay a few hundred dollars, as she had in the past.