COVID-19 Increases Telemedicine Need: A Life Float for Americans Drowning in HealthCare Costs

Late last year, the Kaiser Family Foundation 2019 Employer Health Benefits Survey found annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage passed the $20,000 mark, a 5% increase from last year (which is a repeat of the 5% they raised the prior year.)

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Why is Healthcare so Expensive: Part Five

As we near the end of our series, we wanted to address price transparency and how it affects healthcare costs. Our CEO, Matt Dale, shares his thoughts as we try to answer the ...
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Why is Healthcare so Expensive: Part Four

We couldn’t answer the question, “why is healthcare so expensive” without addressing surprise medical billing. It’s perhaps the most notorious case of ridiculously expensive ...
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Why is Healthcare so Expensive: Part Three

In part three of our series, “Why is Healthcare so Expensive,” (see part
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Why is Healthcare so Expensive: Part Two

For our second blog in our Why is Healthcare so Expensive series, we’re going to look at patient advocacy. To clarify, patient advocacy doesn’t cause high healthcare costs, it ...
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Why is Healthcare so Expensive: Part One

For our first blog in our Why is Healthcare so Expensive series, we’re going to look at reimbursement models. Specifically some of the differences between the traditional ...
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Why is Healthcare so Expensive? Introduction

If only there was just one reason healthcare is so expensive; sadly, it’s a whole complicated web of pitfalls. So, we’re introducing a six part series to discuss the main ...
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Making the Most of a High Deductible Health Plan

High deductible health plans (HDHP) have been rising in popularity over the years as a way to get patients to have more “skin in the game.” They can be a great solution for ...
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When (And When Not) To Use Telemedicine

Telemedicine is a great tool for many people and has seen a big uptick in use thanks to COVID. It’s still not widely used, and for many ...
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Five Ways Anyone Can Save on Healthcare

We’re all about people being as proactive as possible when it comes to healthcare, because it will reduce stress and save patients money. With that said, in emergency ...
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Five Things You Didn’t Know about Healthcare Sharing

When you think of health insurance, you ...

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