The Continuing Debate Over Health Costs
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/opinion/the-continuing-debate-over-health-costs.html
The start of the article talks about how there are new tools for that consumers "patients" can look up relevant medical costs near them. The company UnitedHealthcare has both online and mobile tools that people can use. An interesting statistic in the article was by Truven Health Analytics reported, "$36 BILLION could be saved each year if the median prices for the 300 most common procedures", at first I thought it was in the millions but when I reread it and saw the B, I was truly shocked and then the UnitedHealthcare website and mobile app seems to be even more useful.
The article then shares letters to the editors by healthcare companies, doctor agencies, and specialists talking about the "new" article "The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill" and their opinions about it. The 3 authors of the letter to editors all had in their letters that they believe that the patients deserve the best care. The Sedative agency believed that they costs were deemed worthy due to the complications and difficulties. The doctor was the one that talked about the healthcare system being a mess and their needs to be more than one way to solve it.
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