DOCTOR FILES: When the Unknown Is Not So Bad

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Here is an article from the University of Indiana student newspaper, showing that even young adults in United States realize we have a price transparency problem in the U.S. healthcare system. Very exciting to see how many people care about this topic! Infections aren’t the only thing to have gone viral around hospitals lately. The…

Here is a well done story out of a public radio station on the new movement to get physicians to discuss out of pocket costs with patients. Warning– I’m a serious proponent of this practice. Dear Impatient readers, you may have noticed that we’re writing a lot about the importance of asking about the cost…