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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

The Pain-In-The-Butt Index

July 6, 2010 • Meet Jonathan Bush: former ambulance driver, cousin of George W. Bush, and the CEO of athenahealth, a public company that doctors pay to manage their billing.

The Pain-In-The-Butt Index

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Ok, He Signed It. Now What?

March 23, 2010 • Millions of uninsured people will get health insurance. Millions will pay higher taxes. But the broader issue of rising health costs will remain a problem.

Ok, He Signed It. Now What?

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WellPoint Pushes Ahead On Controversial Rate Hikes

February 24, 2010 • The brouhaha over rate increases in California has not changed the insurer's plans to hike premiums. A House subcommittee will grill WellPoint's chief executive Angela Braly Wednesday, a day after other company executives testified before the Cali...

Planet Money

Taxing Health Care

January 20, 2010 • On today's Planet Money, we put the champion of the Senate bill's "Cadillac tax" in the hot seat.

Taxing Health Care

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Planet Money

Insurance For A Hedgehog

October 16, 2009 • On today's Planet Money, the owners of a pet hedgehog talks about why they spent nearly $2,000 on its cancer treatments, and an economists reveals his trouble with insurance for pets or people.

Insurance For A Hedgehog

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Planet Money

Father Of The 'Public Option' Defends His Big Idea

September 21, 2009 • On today's Planet Money, Yale professor Jacob Hacker says that having the government offer an insurance plan will result in better care for less money.

Father Of The 'Public Option' Defends His Big Idea

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Planet Money

Clipping Coupons For Health Care

September 11, 2009 • On today's Planet Money, co-pay assistance cards make brand name drugs cheaper at the cash register, but they may be driving up health insurance premiums.

Clipping Coupons For Health Care

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Planet Money

Taking Health Care To The Economist

August 7, 2009 • On today's Planet Money, a hospital administrator describes the challenges of controlling costs (when the doctor wants a helicopter, for instance) and an economist says no one in the system has incentives to make things cheaper.

Taking Health Care To The Economist

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