Lisa Riordan Seville
An interview with reporter Emily Bazar from the California Center for Health Reporting about her recent story on the high rate of elective heart procedures in California, and what it means for health care costs.
Jeanne Pinder
It’s a story of the health-care system run awry, from Dan Savage over in Seattle: Let’s Not Let Him Die | Slog. I haven’t researched the nuts and bolts of this story, so I have it only from Dan Savage’s column, but it sounds basically like this: A Milwaukee man suddenly got sick. Sadly, he is […]
Lisa Riordan Seville
The costs of health care are going up–steeply. We look at several recent reports to get the details.
Jeanne Pinder
Drugs can be really expensive — and prices can vary widely, as a patient group found out not long ago while sharing information on Facebook.
Lisa Riordan Seville
Do you have prescription drug coverage? Here’s how both the insured and uninsured might benefit from considering generic pharmacy plans when they fill their prescriptions.
ipatchman
A cautionary tale: When is a hospital bill for $441.58 really a bill for $131.99? Our friend iPatchman tells about his conversations with the billing office of a hospital and with his insurer.
Jeanne Pinder
A health clinic where all the prices are posted up front. A visit for $40? A lab test for $10? It’s GracePointe clinic, in Franklin, Tenn.
Juliet Linderman
How much does Lasik eye correction surgery cost? We did a survey of providers–here’s a tour of the territory of prices for Lasik.
Lisa Riordan Seville
More generic drug means cheaper drugs for thousands of patients, and savings for insurance companies. But what happens if the generic doesn’t work? We hear one patient’s story of her expensive fight to stay on the brand-name drug.
Lisa Riordan Seville
Generic versions of key drugs are hitting the market, which will mean huge savings for consumers. We talked to one expert about what these cheaper versions of Lipitor, Zyprexa, Actos, Singulair and Seroquel means in the health-care marketplace.
