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Healthcare costs

Can Payments Solve Healthcare’s $20K-Per-Family Cost Burden?
Can Payments Solve Healthcare’s $20K-Per-Family Cost Burden?
September 30, 2019  |  Healthcare

We all know the drill. After receiving treatment at a hospital (whether an in-and-out affair, such as an MRI, or a multi-day stay in a...

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The Why Behind So Many Healthcare Payment Buys
The Why Behind So Many Healthcare Payment Buys
June 24, 2019  |  Healthcare

Healthcare needs some fixing, especially when it comes to providing a continuum of efficient care, making it affordable — and getting providers paid. Lots of...

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Today In Data: The Power Of Pricing
Today In Data: The Power Of Pricing
August 28, 2018  |  Today In Data

The conventional wisdom in retail is that pricing is almost everything: Lob a discount, and the consumers will come. But recent research indicates that actually,...

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The Slippery Relationship Between Bankruptcy And Medical Debt
The Slippery Relationship Between Bankruptcy And Medical Debt
June 11, 2018  |  Healthcare

In 2005, Senator Elizabeth Warren – then a professor – published an academic paper along with David Himmelstein, Deborah Thorne and Steffie Woolhandler, in the journal Health...

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Amazon Healthcare Venture Still Seeking CEO
Amazon Healthcare Venture Still Seeking CEO
May 17, 2018  |  Amazon

The healthcare venture formed by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase is having a hard time finding a CEO. According to CNBC, the search for...

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SteadyMD: How Healthcare Payments Tech Can Give Every American A Concierge Doctor
SteadyMD: How Healthcare Payments Tech Can Give Every American A Concierge Doctor
March 28, 2018  |  Matchmakers

From the patient side, the many unpleasant points in the modern distribution of primary care in the U.S. are readily apparent. Appointments take a long time to...

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Marketplace Partnership Brings Competition To Healthcare
Marketplace Partnership Brings Competition To Healthcare
March 21, 2018  |  Matchmakers

At first, consumers weren’t bothered by the steep climb in healthcare costs, because their employers were covering their services. If they needed emergency care, all...

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Alegeus’ Voice Assistant Emma Offers a Healthy Dialogue on Health
Alegeus’ Voice Assistant Emma Offers a Healthy Dialogue on Health
August 25, 2017  |  Retail

What do health savings accounts (HSA) or flexible spending accounts (FSA) do for consumers? Most of the people who have one couldn’t tell you. They...

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Small Business Owners Ready For Congress To Take On Costs
Small Business Owners Ready For Congress To Take On Costs
March 27, 2017  |  Regulation

The failure of the United States Congress to either repeal or replace Obamacare has left America’s small business owners looking to Congress for new solutions...

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