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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

How to save money on healthcare cost

By: Patricia Grace, National Senior Care Examiner

The pricing of many healthcare services and treatments makes no sense. The healthcare industry has known about these pricing disparities for years and continues to keep them very quiet.

Recent research by Healthcarebluebook.com has found that the prices charged for the same test or treatment, even in the same market and within the same health plan, can vary by thousands of dollars. However, most people have no idea that this type of pricing variation exists. For example...

1 comment:

  1. Hi Patricia, Great info! I'm going to bookmark it to refer to it next time I get a medical bill.

    Also, thank you for joining us in the Boomers and Seniors: News You Can Use blog carnival at SandwichINK! :)

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