JaNet’s Reviews > The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care—and How to Fix It > Status Update

TIPS FOR PHARMACY :
1 - use online discounts - GoodRx, blink health, WeRx.org
2 - Don't always use the same pharmacy - Health Warehouse.com (low). Costco & and Sam's Club. Independent pharmacies & grocery store pharmacies
3 - push the pharmacy to honor online discount coupons. Ask for "all available " discounts

FloridaHealthPriceFinder.com

Find average cost in Florida and nationwide

Dr. Markary had a person sign paper form with separate signatures instead of iPad combined form.
1 - sign a paper that you agree to be treated.
2 - cross off the clause that you will pay whatever they charge
3 - check Healthcare Bluebook.com to find out fair price of charge

Healthcare Bluebook ranks Medical facilities based on prices and composite quality score so patients can choose fair z prices care without compromising quality.

Physicians prescribed a record 4.5 billion medications in 2018. That's about double the number we prescribed just a decade ago.

Most of the doubling represents pills that could be avoided with lifestyle changes or more judicious prescribing.

Please stop putting pressure on doctors to prescribe something.

The natural way to cure heartburn:
No eating before bedtime
No eating between meals
No processed foods

Choosing wisely.org - a national collaborative that challenged every medical specialty to list 5 tests or treatments that are usually unnecessary. “Overuse”

Air ambulances inflate charges. Private companies own air ambulances and don’t accept most insurances, so they can be OUT-OF-NETWORK, charge horrendous prices, and ca do balance billing.

Sentinel can find cheaper flights.

Some people take Lyft of Uber to the hospital to avoid ambulance prices

RestoringMedicine.org gives people (doctors to community members) the resources they can use to address predatory billing, suing, medical overscreenings, and other unfair health care practices in their communities.

Carlsbad Medical Center was owned by Community Health Systems, which owns 119 hospitals in 20 states. Online court records show the company's hospitals were filling company's of lawsuits against patients in many of the states.