Jeanne Pinder

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Breast cancer while uninsured: One woman’s story

Summary: “I must admit that I chose to be uninsured,” C. wrote…

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Cash for mammograms is ‘ethically troubling,’ JAMA article says

Summary: “Offering women money, paid time off, or other incentives to undergo…

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Insurers’ payments vary more than hospital charges, data shows

     Summary: In our project crowdsourcing healthcare prices in partnership with MedPage…

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How health quality measures became a jungle: Joanne Kenen

Summary: “Quality measures are good, right? We all want our doctors and…

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Having Insurance Doesn’t Always Pay: The case of the $1,700 mammogram

  This post appeared originally in MedPage Today, where I wrote it as…

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New tool to compare costs, benefits of cancer treatments: Reuters

Summary: “As options for cancer patients become increasingly complicated, and expensive, the…

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Brits Tried To Guess The Cost Of U.S. Healthcare And Got Really Confused

Summary: “Most British people have never had to think about paying for…

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Dr. Google, I’d Like You to Meet Google Insurance Co.

2011 Google AdWords Income. Source: Wordstream 2011 Google AdWords Income. Source: WordstreamSummary:…

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Obamacare Subsidies Continue, Court Rules. Now Let’s Get to Work.

Summary: The Affordable Care Act’s health insurance subsidies to low-income people will…

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The All-Payer Claims Database: What You Need to Know

Summary: A friend told us the other day that the all payer…

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