There is a wide variance in health care prices between Northern and Southern California, according to information on a new cost-comparison website launched last week, the Sacramento Bee reports (Buck, Sacramento Bee, 9/27).
Background on Site
Last week, California Department of Insurance officials announced the new website, which enables consumers to comparison-shop for health insurance.
The site is a collaborative effort between DOI, UC-San Francisco and Consumer Reports, a not-for-profit magazine that conducts consumer product testing and research. The project is federally funded through the Affordable Care Act, CDI officials said.
According to a statement, “The online tool provides important information for consumers about health care prices for more than 100 medical procedures and conditions and provides information about the quality of medical care.”
CDI officials said the website is “the first of its kind” in California, though the Covered California health benefit exchange does have a health insurance comparison tool on its website (Gorn, California Healthline, 9/21).
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