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Coming Soon: Haggling Over Health Care Costs
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.
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This program aired on October 19, 2010. The audio for this program is not available.