Generic v. name-brand drugs

Generic v. name-brand drugs

Generic drugs save customers approximately $200 billion a year, but are they just like the name brands? Gina Pera, a journalist and ADHD watchdog, spoke with 8 On Your Side

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Questioning medical bill pays off

It pays to question your medical bill. In January, I received a bill for a Saturday visit to my primary care doctor employed by Big Health Care System that occurred

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Harvard Reveals Healthcare Costs

IN THE WAKE of faculty members’ sharp objections to Harvard’s imposition of coinsurance and deductibles on nonunion employees’ health insurance, announced last September, President Drew Faust promised to provide data

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How to get friends to pay your medical bills

How much money could you come up with in a medical emergency? For most people, a few thousand dollars would be difficult to find. Unfortunately, many medical bills run a

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How To Avoid “Sneaky Medical Billing”

It’s likely happened to you. A week or so after a routine doctor visit, you get an outrageous bill, charged for things you didn’t even know would cost you. It’s

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The Infuriating Lottery of Healthcare Prices

One popular strain of healthcare article considers how a common medical procedure costs X in the United States and Y in Germany (or Japan or France or Brazil), with the

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What’s Wrong With The US Healthcare System

The United States spends more on healthcare than any other developed nation. Having a baby here costs more than it would in any other country. Yet Americans lead far shorter

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When Money Motivates Cancer Treatment Options

Last week, Dr. Pearl kicked off a three-part series on economic biases in medicine. His first installment revealed how money motivates bias in medical research. Today’s article follows the money

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Medicare Could Do More to Stop Duplicate Payments to Providers

Medicare managers’ ongoing efforts to avoid duplicate payments to health care providers could benefit from improvements to post-payment reviews by contractors, a recent audit found. The Centers for Medicare and

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