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Archive for September, 2010

Sep
28

Are People Healthier When They Pay For their Own Care?

I just read a really superb article by a healthcare futurist by the name of Joe Flower. He was good enough to point out the answer to a question I posed yesterday.  I wondered, ” are people healthier when they are in Consumer Directed Health Plans (CDHPs) with high deductibles and higher out of pocket [...]

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Posted in Consumer-Driven Care, ePatients, Evolutionary Health, HDHPs, Health Care Reform, Insurance, Prevention | No Comments »
Sep
27

How the Patient Payment Disconnect Increases Healthcare Costs

Here is a little healthcare insider factoid that many of my readers already know either because they are a healthcare professional or have gotten a deal through FairCareMD: Medical fee list prices are artificially inflated, sometimes up to ten times what a typical payment for the service would be. But don’t take my word for [...]

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Posted in Cash-Only Medicine, Centers for Disease Control, Doctors who want to be paid fairly, DPA, ePatients, Evolutionary Health, Free Market, Health Care Pricing, Health Care Reform, Insurance, Physician Sentiment | No Comments »
Sep
22

Doing the Math on Getting Insurance as a Freelancer

I was just reading an excellent blog post on Freelancer’s Folder about staying healthy as a freelancer. Item # 1 was get insurance. Or more specifically: “Try to find health insurance. I know that, depending on what country you live in, health insurance might be hard to find. Freelancers are notorious for not having health [...]

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Posted in Affordable Care, Cash-Only Medicine, Consumer-Driven Care, HDHPs, HSAs, Insurance, Pricing Transparency | 2 Comments »
Sep
15

Get the Widget!

The FairCareMD Widget has arrived!  Try it, it works like a charm thanks to one of our outstanding Developers (Great Job Jeremy!) Now you can implement this cool looking widget on your site and it will look great and help people find the care they need for a reasonable price. It is a piece of [...]

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Posted in Consumer-Driven Care, Doctors who want to be paid fairly, DPA, ePatients, FairCareMD, Free Market, Health Care Reform, HSAs, Negotiating, Physician Sentiment, Quality Care | 1 Comment »
Sep
14

Why The Best Doctors Are Going Direct

I remember my grandfather once telling me with heavy eyebrows and great gravity, “Alex – never hire a cheap accountant, never go to a cheap doctor, and by all means, pay your divorce attorneys well.” I guess this might have made more sense to me if I weren’t only 11 at the time, but it was still [...]

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Posted in Affordable Care, Cash-Only Medicine, Concierge Medicine, Doctors who want to be paid fairly, DPA, FairCareMD, Health Care Pricing, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, How to get Fair Prices for Care, Negotiating, Physician Sentiment, Provider Reviews, Quality Care, Rejecting Insurance | 4 Comments »

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