6 Ways to Cut Health Care Costs

Whether we like it or not, we have to become our own health care advocates.
6 Ways to Cut Health Care Costs
We all need to be part-time medical bill auditors. 19 STUDIO/Shutterstock
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I'll be honest—I’m just as surprised as you are to be wading into the murky waters of U.S. health care. Specifically? Health insurance. It’s a tangled mess. Even if your coverage comes neatly wrapped in your job’s benefits package, it’s still messy. Premiums keep climbing, deductibles are sky-high, and somehow we’re paying more for less.

And let’s not even start on wait times for specialists, tests, or surgery. They’re stretching longer than a DMV line on a Monday morning.

Mary Hunt
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