What To Do If You Have a Large Medical Bill

Now that the Affordable Care Act is in place, consumers are doing their best to keep health insurance as affordable as possible, often by taking larger deductibles. This means that there’s an even greater chance that you’ll get stuck having to pay large medical bills out of pocket, over and above the portion paid by insurance.
And ironically, since health insurance premiums are now more expensive...
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What is Episode Care and What Impact Might it have on Patient Care and on Small Physician Practices?

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The rollout of Obamacare in October has caused the focus to shift toward healthcare alternatives, the kind that haven’t been seriously considered in the past. But now that the new plan looks as if it will be at least as expensive – and considerably more complicated – than the system it supposedly reformed, everything seems to be on the table. One of those alternatives...
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Why Premiums Are Likely to Get MUCH Higher Under Obamacare

We’ve been hearing a lot lately about how health insurance premiums are likely to get much higher under Obamacare for the young and healthy. But here’s my take: premiums are likely to get much higher for all consumers, regardless of age or health status.
Do I have inside knowledge? Nope. Strong political leanings? Nope. It’s just a matter of pure logic – consider the following:
Adding 50 million...
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4 Ways The Government Drives Up The Cost Of Healthcare Delivery
Healthcare costs will never go down as long as the federal government continues its menacing stronghold on the industry. There are many reasons for the Healthcare Industry’s increasing costs. These costs are ultimately ours as taxpayers, because so much revenue goes to public programs such as Medicare (seniors) and Medicaid (indigent). Here are 4 examples of why the cost of healthcare...
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