Piggy banks with calculator and stethoscope A substantial 38 percent of respondents say theycurrently make contributions towards health care savings eachmonth; 33 percent of those claim to do so aggressively. (Photo:Shutterstock)

Not only are consumers exercising discipline over saving forhealth care expenses, they're focused on thecost of that care and the value they're getting for theirmoney.

Health care solutions firm Alegeus's 2019 Consumerism Indexindicates that people are looking for overall value in health care,not just lower costs. In fact, they're pushing themselves harder toget that value, with 70 percent "very focused" on getting the bestvalue for their money.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.

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