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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/49b71a05-f810-4c31-a560-b297146d4d15/7CEA3F2C-0317-4FC7-8EFB-063DBD7B9A0F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2008/10/15/11-simple-ways-to-slash-your-medical-costs/" href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2008/10/15/11-simple-ways-to-slash-your-medical-costs/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.walletpop.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2008/10/15/11-simple-ways-to-slash-your-medical-costs/"><P><STRONG>Cost Cutter #7: Get the "insurance" discount<BR /></STRONG>Insurance companies negotiate deep discounts of up to 60% with hospitals, doctors, labs, etc.<STRONG> </STRONG>When you don't have insurance or something isn't covered, you end up paying full price. But it doesn't have to be that way. </p> <P>The key is to ask for a discount. Insurance companies get as much as a 40% to 60% discount, so ask for that first. According to a survey by Consumer Reports National Research Center, only 31% of Americans have even tried to negotiate their medical bills; of the ones who have, though, 93% were successful in getting a discounts, so go for it!</p> <P>Just make sure you talk to the right person -- usually that's the head of billing. If he or she doesn't have the power to negotiate, ask to speak to someone who <EM>can</EM></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7CEA3F2C-0317-4FC7-8EFB-063DBD7B9A0F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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