This Ain't No Disco, This is CBGB: An Audio Documentary

Sun, Dec 22, 2024 13:00 PM

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Hosts: Dateline NYC Tom Robbins

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Her story, Jeanne Pinder founded ClearHealthCosts to try to correct what sounds like a simple problem: It’s almost impossible for a healthcare consumer to know beforehand how much a medical appointment or procedure will cost. That limitation often keeps people from seeking the healthcare they need.

The wildly divergent prices healthcare providers can charge came home to her when family members who had had minor surgery received their bills for anesthesia. Two anesthesiology bills were for $2,000—but the third was for $6,000. That $6,000 bill included a charge of $1,149 for an anti-nausea drug with an online price tag of $2.49.

Those anesthesiology charges made Pinder wonder: Could the inability to shop for prices be a reason why patients are charged wildly varying amounts for the same medical procedure?

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Host Tom Robbins with Jeannie Pindar talk of Healthcare and cost today in America. -

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