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Paying cash for medical care could save you money

By: Marilyn Moritz l Reporter August 16, 2019

It sounds like a crazy idea to pay cash for doctors or medical procedures even if you have health insurance...

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How Trump's Rule on Hospital Prices Could Help Consumers

By Lisa L. Gill - Consumer Reports - June 26, 2019

President's Trumps new rule could help consumers learn the cost of an MRI and other treatment before it happens....

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West Health-Gallup survey: The Great Disconnect Between Perceptions and Realities of the U.S. Healthcare System

WASHINGTON, D.C. — April 2, 2019 — Americans are borrowing tens of billions of dollars, skipping treatments and significantly cutting back on household spending to pay for basic healthcare

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How cash-pay patients can beat high-deductible plans

April 28, 2019 By: MARTINE EHRENCLOU, MA | PATIENT 

Many of us now have high-deductible health insurance plans, which makes us “cash-pay” patients until we meet our deductibles.

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8 ways to improve health care price transparency

 

September 20, 2018  By: Andis Robeznieks- Senior Staff Writer- AMA News    

  Patients are becoming active consumers of health care services, but a lack of transparency regarding the cost of those services hinders their ability to make true value-based decisions.

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