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Medical costs
The math behind health care's crazy inflation
Dec 22, 2014
Costs keep going up, but what about value?
Medical bills, bills, bills
Dec 11, 2014
43 million Americans have overdue medical debt on their credit reports.
'No medical student goes to...become a businessperson'
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Kai Ryssdal
Aug 18, 2014
A doctor's thoughts on the changing healthcare landscape.
Why medical debt is different from other debt
Aug 8, 2014
New FICO score calculations will lessen the impact of unpaid medical bills.
Design: where dollars are scarce and need is great
Jul 21, 2014
American design schools team up with NGOs to get affordable products to market.
How to negotiate your health care bills
Sep 13, 2013
A few options if you find yourself on the bad end of a medical emergency with no way to pay for it.
The pain of paying for health care in the U.S.
Sep 13, 2013
Americans pay more for health care than in many other developed nations. A look at what the high cost of colonoscopies revealed about our health care system.
For public good, not for profit.
Shop around for surgery? Negotiating health care costs to save cash
May 10, 2013
New data released by the federal government reveals that costs for identical medical procedures can vary widely from hospital-to-hospital. So to get the best deal, you might have to do some comparison shopping.
Paying for school when you're already in debt
Oct 12, 2012
When you pursue higher education with a big debt load weighing you down, it can be hard to figure out how to manage your scarce resources and still achieve your goals.
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