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How Not To Get "Hurt" Giving Birth: Medical Billing Tips for Parents
How Not To Get "Hurt" Giving Birth: Medical Billing Tips for Parents 300 163 Medical Cost Advocate

The Cost of Giving Birth: What Expecting Parents Should Know About Medical Billing Giving birth in America comes with a lot of costs, some disclosed and some not. It is possible to…

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Changes to the Affordable Care Act
Changes to the Affordable Care Act 150 150 Medical Cost Advocate

This week President Trump made the first move to begin the replacement of the Affordable Care Act. By issuing this executive order, this will drive immediate compliance. However, it will…

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This Could Be the Obamacare Outcome we've All Been Waiting For
This Could Be the Obamacare Outcome we've All Been Waiting For 150 150 Medical Cost Advocate

This often-overlooked long-term goal of Obamacare may be finding the mark according to this latest study from the American Cancer Society. The third open enrollment period for the Affordable Care…

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When Health Costs Harm Your Credit
When Health Costs Harm Your Credit 150 150 Medical Cost Advocate

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL New York Times This is an excellent article outlining the problems people can run into by allowing medical bills to go unpaid. It takes a long time…

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Driving a New Bargain in Health Care
Driving a New Bargain in Health Care 150 150 Medical Cost Advocate

By TYLER COWEN, professor of economics at George Mason University Interesting piece on possible compromises that both political parties could agree to in improving the health care law. The Affordable…

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How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater
How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater 150 150 Medical Cost Advocate

This article exposes some of the ways medical product suppliers and hospitals mark up products, sometimes 1,000 times, to capture profitable revenue from sick patients and their insurance companies.  Another example…

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For Obamacare, Some Hurdles Still Ahead
For Obamacare, Some Hurdles Still Ahead 150 150 Medical Cost Advocate

President Obama and his advisers hope the healthcare overhaul will do two things. The first is to extend coverage to tens of millions of Americans who today lack health insurance.…

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Healthcare Costs Top $20K Per Family
Healthcare Costs Top $20K Per Family 150 150 Medical Cost Advocate

Here’s some more discouraging news: Healthcare for a family of four now costs as much as small family sedan. For many consumers the price to pay is too much. Even…

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Employer Healthcare Costs Outpace U.S. Healthcare Spending in 2009
Employer Healthcare Costs Outpace U.S. Healthcare Spending in 2009 150 150 Medical Cost Advocate

Another article detailing the rise in healthcare costs particularly for small business and individuals. It’s interesting to note that inflation for 2009 was actually negative, yet healthcare costs continued to…

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New health care law likely to raise benefits costs
New health care law likely to raise benefits costs 150 150 Medical Cost Advocate

Healthcare reform. Yahoo! Not so fast! Don’t get excited just yet. While it may be seen as progressive and a monumental task to provide coverage to nearly 32 million uninsured,…

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