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change:healthcare in The New York Times

Bringing Comparison Shopping to the Doctor’s Office
New York Times: Claire Cain Miller
Published: June 10, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO — Americans comparison-shop for items as small as groceries and as big as cars. But they rarely compare prices on their health care. When a doctor recommends a test or a procedure, most patients simply go [...]

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Seeking health care control

More firms see incentives, choices lowering costs
MEMPHIS BUSINESS JOURNAL – BY Christopher Sheffield
Caterpillar dealer Thompson Machinery is investing in an Internet-based system that will help employees make cost-effective health care choices, thus reducing their out-of-pocket expenses while helping the company’s bottom line.
It’s an additional investment Thompson officials say will pay off, and one facing many [...]

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Six Companies Pushing for Transparency in Health Care Pricing

Doctor and HelloHealth founder Jay Parkinson explains why we don’t know what it costs to take care of our bodies, and how that might change.
We know how much we’re going to pay for almost everything in America, except health care. We can scan a barcode at Barnes and Noble and see how much Amazon charges [...]

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Medical Cost Estimators Help Consumers Shop Around

With the recession and rising healthcare costs, many Americans are struggling to keep healthy.  By 2006, 19 percent of Americans spent more than 10 percent of their before-tax income on healthcare, according to a study published in last month’s Health Affairs. Fidelity Investments estimates that a U.S. couple retiring now will need approximately $250,000 to [...]

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Ways to Save Money on Your Prescription Medications

Co-Founder and COO Robert Hendrick spent a few minutes with the local TV crew to share tips on how to save money on your prescriptions. Easy steps that can add up to huge savings. You’ll be surprised!
Thanks for all of the support, and for trusting us to help you make smarter healthcare decisions and save [...]

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From Coast to Coast, Everyone is Talking About change:healthcare!

Folks from coast-to-coast are talking about change:healthcare! The New York Daily News is talking about healthcare cost savings in the east, while the team was in California presenting as part of a panel at the Health 2.0 conference. And here at home in Nashville, the Venture Capitalist arena is buzzing about the company too. We [...]

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NPR Interviews change:healthcare About New Cost Savings Twitter Service

In a phone call from the NPR affiliate in Nashville, Host & News Reporter Nina Cardona talked with change:healthcare Product Manager Chris McIntyre about a newly released service that lets people find the cost of a prescription by asking Twitter. The result… a segment on the Morning Edition radio show this morning!
The Morning Edition with [...]

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Healthcare Answers in 140 Characters

Now, healthcare answers come in 140 characters or less. Which is a far cry from the nearly 2,000-page health reform bill the U.S. Congress has been proposing.
Starting today, consumers can simply tweet healthcare questions such as “what is diabetes” to @askch and it will return a short description and a link to more information. [...]

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Healthcare Technology Companies Align to Add Cost Information Tool With Guaranteed ROI to Health and Wellness Application

Resulting Instrument Will Show Consumers, Employers, and Health Plans How to Obtain Up to 30% Savings in Healthcare Spending
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) August 31, 2009 — Two consumer healthcare technology companies today announced a strategic alliance to create the first personal health information tool with an embedded cost savings application to help employees, employers and [...]

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Ink in Nashville Business Journal

The Nashville Business Journal is talking about change:healthcare and the Keystone Institute’s new partnership.
“The Keystone Institute for Translational Medicine — an alliance of three Pennsylvania medical institutions led by Temple University — is researching the genetic, behavioral and social causes of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, lung disease, obesity and certain cancers that affect urban [...]

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