Six Companies Pushing for Transparency in Healthcare Pricing

22 March 2010
By thuc

check out dr. Jay Parkinson’s article on GOOD Magazine’s website.

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 for the same item. But say we’re uninsured in America and we need a hernia repair, one of the most common procedures performed by surgeons. Why won’t they tell us how much it will cost ahead of time? The simple answer is the cash paying patient isn’t the main customer of the sickness industry. 

Read more: http://www.good.is/post/six-companies-pushing-for-transparency-in-healthcare-pricing#ixzz0iV9f53cu

i am pro transparency.

CarePractice is listed as one of the 6 companies.  cool.

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