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Health May 18

Many cancer patients pay dearly for hospital parking

By Rebecca J. Ritzel, Kaiser Health News

Health Jan 05

Hospital prices just got a lot more transparent. What does this mean for you?

Hospitals face the new year with new requirements to post price information they have long sought to obscure: the actual prices negotiated with insurers and the discounts they offer their cash-paying customers.

By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News

Health May 04

COVID-19 medical costs could soar as more Americans get sick

Reopening state economies too soon risks a second wave of the pandemic, and a surge in medical costs. Anyone who pays insurance premiums and taxes will be picking up the tab.

By Bruce Y. Lee, The Conversation

Making Sen$e Sep 11

3 problems that are spiking health care costs, according to this surgeon

In his new book, Dr. Marty Makary laments that many of his colleagues have abandoned the Hippocratic Oath in favor of charging inflated prices for surgeries and health procedures that are not in their patients’ best interests.

By Philip Moeller

Making Sen$e Aug 22

An emergency sign points to the entrance to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California, on March 23, 2017. Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters
Column: Employers are helping clear the haze on health care prices

Employers are encouraging employees to use lower-cost, high-quality providers because it saves employers money as well.

By Philip Moeller

Aug 07

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How the Cayman Islands could become a new health care destination

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

As health care costs continue to rise, practitioners in India are working to lower prices -- and bring their innovations closer to American shores. Health City Cayman Islands is a new frontier for India’s largest for-profit hospital chain. Focused on…

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Feb 20

How Americans spend much more on health care than they realize

By Philip Moeller

Consumers often do not understand that the cost of their health care is much higher than the out-of-pocket expenses they pay each year, writes columnist Philip Moeller.

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Jul 19

Column: My health insurance nightmare and what I’m doing from now on

By Ivy Austin

All I had wanted to know was my financial liability for a medical procedure. Who wouldn't?…

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Apr 27

Column: 6 questions to ask at every doctor’s appointment

By Elisabeth Rosenthal

If you're trying to leave the doctor's office without huge medical bills, here are the questions you need to ask.

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Jun 26

Americans who confronted ‘surprise’ medical bills share their stories

By Elisabeth Ponsot, Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Last year, Consumer Reports found 30 percent of Americans with private health insurance have received a surprise bill, where their insurance plan paid less than they expected.

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