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Healthcare

Shifting Healthcare Costs and Online Pricing Tools

Know your healthcare costs and save money

Great article from Jane Sorenson-Kahn pointing out that employers see “cost-sharing among employees as a top #1 cost-control strategy.” and that employers are “less satisfied [with] online comparison tools.” That’s a bad mix. No information on price AND you’re going to have to pay for it. Sounds like going to the auto-repair mechanic who [...]

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The 55 Buy In Option

Under the new Medicare plan, consumers ages 55 to 64 would for the first time be allowed to buy into the federal program for the elderly, starting as soon as 2011. Congressional aides estimate that two million to three million people would participate.
The Medicare plan could be good news for some in the 55-64 bracket [...]

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IBM to cover 100% of primary care visits

In an article today on BusinessInsurance.com states that IBM plans to cover 100% of primary care visits in 2010, going against current trends of pushing a great portion of the health care cost burden onto employees shoulders.
With 80% of their 115,000 employees currently on one of the company’s self-insured health care plans, the cost of [...]

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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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It’s About the Data (Liquidity)

A wonderful article from Jane Sarasohn-Kahn (at Health Populi) on how making strides in healthcare is all about data liquidity. So many folks who are interested in healthcare reform have “talked” about this very thing, but it’s only now that it is actually becoming a realistic goal.
As we head off for Health 2.0 in SF [...]

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100 Ways to Save Money on Healthcare

The LPN to RN Blog offers some great tips on how to lower your healthcare expenses.  100 tips to be exact, and some of them are really good advice.  Here are some of my highlights with my notes in italics.  For a complete list of 100 Ways You Can Lower Your Healthcare Costs visit their [...]

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Take Small Bites and Chew Well

“Have you heard of tiny Melinda Mae,
Who ate a monstrous whale?
She thought she could,
She said she would,
So she started in right at the tail…”
- Excerpt from Melinda Mae by Shel Silverstein
Healthcare reform is a “monstrous whale.” The federal government could learn a little something from the childrens’ tale about Melinda Mae. Instead of trying to [...]

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How Can You and I Pay for Healthcare Reform?

Photo by Kevin Dietsch for Time
Details on the health care reform plan being pushed by the gang of six and headed up by Senator Baucus are coming out.
The BIG Question: Will it Add to the Deficit?
The stock answer is NO, it will not add to the federal deficit. Note the qualifier – the FEDERAL deficit…FEDERAL. [...]

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If You Knew the Price…

Image Courtesy of SqueakyMarmot on Flickr
“If you knew what the price of items were at Wal-Mart before you went into the store to buy them, it would put Wal-Mart out of business.”
That has to be one of the single most insane statements ever written.Yet that’s exactly what many doctors and hospitals would have you believe [...]

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