Savvy consumers do a lot of comparison shopping — for food, clothing,homes, cars and just about anything else that can be purchased.
But there’s one area where comparison shopping is difficult, ifnot impossible — health care. According to Modern Healthcare, there are lots of reasonswhy consumers aren’t very successful at getting their health carethrough the same efficient methods they use to buy othernecessities.
One startling statistic: In 2011, of the health care servicesconsumers paid for out of pocket, only 7 percent were services theycould actually shop for. Another disturbing bit of information isthat in 2016, 43 states did not have laws mandating a minimumstandard for mandating patients have access to health care priceinformation.
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