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Phone More Popular Than Internet When Seeking Prices For Health Care

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Phone More Popular Than Internet When Seeking Prices For Health Care

September 28, 2010 • Most people don't check prices for health care before getting a diagnosis or treatment. Those who do prefer calling doctors' offices, a survey conducted for NPR finds. Overall, the prices quoted in advance were accurate.

Planet Money

Your Doctor Is Like A Mechanic

August 14, 2009 • On today's Planet Money, a look at one of the biggest challenges in health care: most of us patients are like drivers going to a mechanic. We don't know enough to know what we don't know, so we have to rely on someone else's judgment.

Your Doctor Is Like A Mechanic

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Paging Dr. Web

December 13, 2007 • Do you have an appointment with Dr. Google?

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