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HCSavvy wrote a new post, Cutting Your Prescription Costs 2 months ago
Castlight Health is out with an app that lets members compare retail vs. mail order prices for prescriptions and find the closest pharmacy with the best deal. There are a growing number of places online where […] -
HCSavvy wrote a new post, Searching for a Nursing Home? 2 months, 1 week ago
Our parents and grandparents often drain the last of their savings to pay a nursing home bill. So it makes sense to shop around, both for cost and quality. UPI has a story about this site which looks like a good […] -
HCSavvy wrote a new post, Might as well laugh instead of cry 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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HCSavvy wrote a new post, The $55,000 cat bite 4 months ago
OK folks – we’re starting a new tab up there at the top of the page called, “You Won’t Believe This….”The inspiration is David Lazarus’ story about a cat bite that became infected and cost $55,000 to […]
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HCSavvy wrote a new post, Take a picture of that vial…and other advice for “active patients” 4 months, 3 weeks ago
“I think the consumer needs to be vigilant. Much as they were with medication errors and prescription mis-fills, they now are more aware that they should understand the drug and how it’s used and who dispensed it […] -
HCSavvy wrote a new post, Avoiding the sugar/fat blahs 5 months ago
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HCSavvy wrote a new post, How healthy is your state? 5 months, 1 week ago
Vermont is no. 1, again, in the annual health ranking of states from the United Health Foundation. Here’s more from the foundation’s summary:
Hawaii is ranked second this year. New Hampshire is third, […]
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HCSavvy wrote a new post, Medicare’s money problems in pictures 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Another great infographic from the Kaiser Family Foundation (published in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week). -
HCSavvy wrote a new post, Snapshot: What’s driving up health care costs 8 months ago
The Health Care Cost Institute‘s latest report says spending started rising again last year after slowing for 2009 and 2010. Here’s the Institute’s snapshot illustration of why: -
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