44 min
PoP4 - "What will this cost?" The hardest question in US healthcare! - with Clear Health Costs Power of the Patient
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- Health & Fitness
Want better control over your health costs? Investigative journalism has finally come to healthcare, and it's winning prizes bigtime. My guest Jeanne Pinder is a former New York Times editor whose company Clear Health Costs has just won the Edward R. Murrow award for investigative journalism, for their contribution to the "Cracking the Code" series in New Orleans. The series also won the Society of Professional Journalists National Public Service Award, and was even a finalist for the ultimate - the Peabody Award, "the Pulitzer of broadcast." Hear insane, funny, and infuriating health cost stories from Jeanne's work, and learn how to educate yourself, fight back, and sometimes find better prices.The money trail in American healthcare is deeply buried and hard to cut through. If you've ever been puzzled, annoyed, or ripped off by a medical bill, you're not alone.
For more information about Power of the Patient and other Touch Point Media podcasts, visit http://touchpoint.health/.
Links and Mentions
Blog post about this episode, with many links
Find us online
Jeanne Pinder and Clear Health Costs: ClearHealthCosts.com
Twitter @CHCosts, Facebook Clear Health Costs, LinkedIn
Dave's website and Twitter.
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Want better control over your health costs? Investigative journalism has finally come to healthcare, and it's winning prizes bigtime. My guest Jeanne Pinder is a former New York Times editor whose company Clear Health Costs has just won the Edward R. Murrow award for investigative journalism, for their contribution to the "Cracking the Code" series in New Orleans. The series also won the Society of Professional Journalists National Public Service Award, and was even a finalist for the ultimate - the Peabody Award, "the Pulitzer of broadcast." Hear insane, funny, and infuriating health cost stories from Jeanne's work, and learn how to educate yourself, fight back, and sometimes find better prices.The money trail in American healthcare is deeply buried and hard to cut through. If you've ever been puzzled, annoyed, or ripped off by a medical bill, you're not alone.
For more information about Power of the Patient and other Touch Point Media podcasts, visit http://touchpoint.health/.
Links and Mentions
Blog post about this episode, with many links
Find us online
Jeanne Pinder and Clear Health Costs: ClearHealthCosts.com
Twitter @CHCosts, Facebook Clear Health Costs, LinkedIn
Dave's website and Twitter.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
44 min