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What a doctors’ visit really costs

There is a school of thought that one of the ways to help fix the health care problems in the US is for everyone to understand the true cost of providing care.  If you have insurance, what you pay does not resemble in any way the actual cost is.  There are many articles where you […]

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Update: Health Care – Incent vs Tax

A few weeks ago, I wrote about using incentives to drive down the cost of health care, rather than laying on onerous new taxes on sugar, fat, and other harmful foods. Today, it seems the Senate has adopted at least some of the concepts I was talking about. Read about it, and let me know […]

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Health Care – Incent vs. Tax

There was a really good article in the NY Times last week about the effects of diet on American’s general health and well-being, and consequently, health care costs. For anyone that pays attention, this is no surprise. If you live in suburban America, you would have to be blind not to see the rampant obesity […]

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