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Tag Archives: out-of-pocket costs
Healthcare Price Transparency: A Look at Aetna’s Web-Based Tool
Illustration source: Vermont Health Connect, Vermont.gov Would you look at comparative price information for procedures like an MRI, sleep study, or colonoscopy before you selected where to have a procedure done? Would you like to have fewer surprises on … Continue reading
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Tagged Aetna, co-pays, deductibles, elective surgery, Member Payment Estimator, out-of-pocket costs, price transparency, value
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Delay of Generics Hurts Consumer,Taxpayer Wallets, and Patient Health
To insure patent extensions of high-priced, blockbuster drugs, brand-name drug companies frequently pay generic drug manufacturers to stay out of the market. It makes cheaper, more affordable generic unavailable for years. The strategy is referred to as “Pay for … Continue reading
Posted in Drug costs
Tagged brand names, Community Catalyst, generic drugs, out-of-pocket costs, Pay-for-Delay, pharma, Supreme Court, Wells Wilkinson
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Pre-ACA, Insured Face Exorbitant Costs.With Accountable Care Act, People Will See Caps, Save $$
Vast numbers of Americans do not understand how the Affordable Care Act will make their expenditures for healthcare a heck of a lot more affordable. I am talking about the 80% of American voters who have insurance now, who misguidedly … Continue reading
Posted in Health insurance, Healthcare reform
Tagged catastrophic costs, costs, insured, out-of-pocket costs
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