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February 23, 2017

Will making patients savers and shoppers really help lower the cost of health care?

  • Plans like health savings accounts may help patients save on doctor visits, but they do little to curb spending on the priciest care like major surgeries.
    • By TOM MURPHY
    AP Health Writer

    The U.S. government may soon lean on someone new to help lower health care costs: you.

    The idea is that when your money is on the line — and not the insurance company's — you'll look for the best value and do your part to curb national health care spending.


     
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