Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
This topic of "how to talk to your doctor about cost" has been addressed previuosly in this blog, but I want to bring it up again because it is a true culture change... and culture change is tough.
For medications:
When the doctor writes you a prescription, often he or she will ...
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
This past Sunday, the New York Times Business Section featured an article on large health insurance plans (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/business/01health.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=aetna,%20healthcare&st=cse).
The most intriguing point for me was the quote by Paul Grundy, MD from IBM who said that insurers “don’t have a clue about providing what we really want to buy.” The article ...
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