Enlarge this image Katherine Streeter for NPR Katherine Streeter for NPR The pitches to the health insurance brokers are tantalizing. “Set sail…
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You Snooze, You Lose: How Insurers Dodge The Costs Of Popular Sleep Apnea Devices
by Marshall Allen November 21, 2018Enlarge this image Tony Schmidt, pictured here with his CPAP machine in his home in Carrolton, Texas, was diagnosed with obstructive sleep…
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A Tough Negotiator Proves Employers Can Bargain Down Health Care Prices
by Marshall Allen October 2, 2018Enlarge this image Marilyn Bartlett spent two years running Montana’s employee health plan. She made better deals with hospitals and drug benefits…
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Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates
by Marshall Allen July 17, 2018Enlarge this image Justin Volz for ProPublica Justin Volz for ProPublica To an outsider, the fancy booths at a June health insurance…
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Enlarge this image Widely perceived as fierce guardians of health care spending, insurers, in many cases, aren’t. In fact, they often agree…
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Unnecessary Medical Care: More Common Than You Might Imagine
by Marshall Allen February 1, 2018Enlarge this image Drawn Ideas/Ikon Images/Getty Images Drawn Ideas/Ikon Images/Getty Images It’s one of the intractable financial boondoggles of the U.S. health…
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Enlarge this image One ProPublica story found that the many eye drop companies waste medication by making the dispenser too big. Hitoshi…