“In Indiana, a local hospital system, Parkview Health, charged private insurance companies about four times what the federal Medicare program paid for the same care, according to a study of hospital prices in 25 states released on Thursday by the nonprofit RAND Corp.,” Reed Abelson writes over at The New York Times. “Colorado employers were […]

A community member shared some prices on our interactive software. We started a conversation, and learned that he is a health sharing ministry customer, and that he’d posted about his experience on his blog. I asked if I could re-post, and he said yes. Here’s his post, with an addendum below. Health Shares in 10 […]

“It’s one of the most common tests in medicine, and it is performed millions of times a year around the country,” Margot Sanger-Katz writes over at The New York Times. (Spoiler: My quote is the kicker to the story.) “Should a metabolic blood panel test cost $11 or $952? Both of these are real, negotiated […]