medical costs

Healthcare Providers Turn to Embedded Finance to Help Underserved Patients
Healthcare Providers Turn to Embedded Finance to Help Underserved Patients
March 10, 2023  |  Healthcare

As consumers struggle to pay for essentials, a long-used retail solution could help patients get much-needed care. Even before inflation took hold of consumer’s wallets,...

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Health Savings Accounts Find New Life In The Gig Economy
Health Savings Accounts Find New Life In The Gig Economy
October 02, 2020  |  Healthcare

At a time when COVID-19 has put healthcare at the forefront of public concerns, CEO Sean Engelking of Starship, a provider of health savings accounts...

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Jobless Americans Can’t Afford Doctor Visits 
Jobless Americans Can’t Afford Doctor Visits 
June 17, 2020  |  Healthcare

While many patients are avoiding office visits over fears they could catch COVID-19, doctors say the primary reason jobless Americans are staying away from healthcare...

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Healthcare Costs Concerning For Voters (And Their Wallets)
Healthcare Costs Concerning For Voters (And Their Wallets)
March 05, 2020  |  Economy

Perhaps it may be the coronavirus – understandably so – that is spurring Americans to think of healthcare costs. And healthcare costs are increasingly at...

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Today In Data: Innovating Out Of A Challenge
Today In Data: Innovating Out Of A Challenge
January 16, 2019  |  Today In Data

There is no shortage of challenges in the world. Some are massive – like the ever-growing cost of medical care in the United States. Others are...

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Healthcare Payments’ ‘30 Pct Of The 30 Pct’ Problem
Healthcare Payments’ ‘30 Pct Of The 30 Pct’ Problem
December 05, 2018  |  Healthcare

Health care is changing, and patients are footing an ever larger portion of the bill.  That makes for an onerous debt burden at times -...

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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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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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