Tag: quality & value
Screening Colonoscopy: Shopping Around Saved Me $6,820
After learning a screening colonoscopy would cost him $8500, the (uninsured) author of this story shopped around and ended up saving $6820!
Drug Rebates: New Executive Order Only Addresses Part of the Problem
Drug rebates often mean consumers pay more for drugs. Manufacturers raise list prices to cover PBM rebates. We pay a percent of list price.
A Tale of Cost and Care: Blood on the Sidewalk
A family doctor ponders the conundrum of cost & care in the U.S. healthcare system after she stumbles upon a young woman covered in blood.
Your Money or Your Life? The High Cost of Life-Saving Drugs
The high cost of life-saving drugs: There's something profoundly wrong with charging whatever the traffic will bear when the alternative is certain death.