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Coming Soon: Haggling Over Health Care Costs

Will consumers engage more on cost when health insurance deductibles rise?
Will consumers engage more on cost when health insurance deductibles rise?

That's just how it happened for Jeff Rice, a Nashville MD and creator of the online tool, Health Care Blue Book, which allows consumers to figure out the true cost of treatment and, armed with comparison price data, helps them negotiate better deals with providers. Dr. Rice spoke to Here and Now's Robin Young about his own negotiating experience and why, with health insurance deductibles rising, consumers are starting to get more engaged on the issue of cost.

CommonHealth would love to hear your story about negotiating health care costs. Please share it with us.

This program aired on October 19, 2010. The audio for this program is not available.

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Rachel Zimmerman previously reported on health and the intersection of health and business for WBUR. She is working on a memoir about rebuilding her family after her husband’s suicide. 

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