Health Services Priced to Move


	Health Services Priced to Move

BobbyDelray

9-28-2007 3:19 PM

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healthcare, health, insurance, medical, hmo, hospital

BobbyDelray says:

Well worth reading. You might need this advice some day. Article shows its worth it to negotiate.

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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/22b868de-26f1-42fc-aa43-335e54dbc40c/94F3C8D2-7CDD-4E6B-981F-4D566873C1C7/" 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://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/09/28/health-service-priced-to-move/" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/09/28/health-service-priced-to-move/" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.wsj.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/09/28/health-service-priced-to-move/"><P>While HMOs, hospitals and doctors duke out prices behind the scenes, some persistent patients may be having an effect, too.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/09/28/health-service-priced-to-move/"><P>Exhibit A is a Bob Braschler, owner Braschler’s Bakery and Coffee Shop in Red Wing, Minn, and the subject of <A href="http://www.startribune.com/535/story/1451180.html" target="blank">this</A> recent story from the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He’s the kind of guy conservative health wonks dream about: He recently switched to a high-deductible health plan with a health-savings account, and he went shopping for a deal when he needed cataract surgery for both eyes.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/09/28/health-service-priced-to-move/"><P>He passed up the Mayo Clinic (more than $20,000) and Fairview Red Wing Medical Center ($18,000) and wound up at Minnesota Eye Consultants ($10,000).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/09/28/health-service-priced-to-move/"><P>Hat tip to <A href="http://www.healthhombre.com/" target="blank">Health Hombre</A>, who reads more regulations, proposed rules, draft legislation and other stuff than is healthy for any person.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/09/28/health-service-priced-to-move/"></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/94F3C8D2-7CDD-4E6B-981F-4D566873C1C7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.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>