Useful Links

The groundswell of consumer driven healthcare tools and information is thrilling. The following are some links we think you will find useful. If you have any links you would like to add, please drop us a note.

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Affordable Lab Tests

DirectLabs
HealthTest360
LabSafe
MedLabUSA
MyMedLab
PrePaidLab
PrivateMDLabs
Quest Diagnostics

Free/low-cost health care services in your neighborhood

U.S. - Dentistry From The Heart: Free Dental Care to Those Who Need It
U.S. - NeedyMeds: Find Help with the cost of medicine
U.S. - Take Care Clinics: Free health care services for uninsured and unemployed
U.S. - EyeCare America Offering Seniors Free Eye Exams
U.S. - Free Prescription Drug Discount Card
California - Free and low-cost hospital services
California - Los Angeles County: Resources for free and low-cost health care services
Colorado - 9Health Fair: Free and low-cost health care screenings
Georgia - Georgia Cancer Foundation Services: Low-Cost Mammogram Program
Illinois - Chicago Area: Affordable Dental Services
Illinois - Chicago Area: Leslie's List
Illinois - Illinois Healthy Women, Affordable Health Care for Women
Illinois - Free and Sliding Scale Dental Clinics
Illinois - Cook County Free Immunizations
Illinois - Free and Low-Cost Cancer Screenings
Illinois - CommunityHealth Provides Free Health Care Services for Uninsured in Chicago Metro Area
Illinois - Northwest Low-Cost Immunization Clinics
Illinois - Village of Arlington Heights: Low-cost clinics and screenings
Illinois - Wheeling Township Health Services: Low-cost screenings and health care services
Indiana - Evansville Area: Clinics offering free or low-cost health care services
Minnesota - Rice County Area: Free or low-cost health care services
New York - NYC Brooklyn: Free or low-cost health care resources
North Carolina: Free and Reduced Health Care Services
Oklahoma - Oklahoma City Metro Area: Free or low-cost health care services
RxAssist: Directory of Programs that offer free or low-cost health care

Need help negotiating a medical bill?

Medical Cost Advocate (MCA) - Your Expert Medical Cost Reduction Partner

Articles I think you will find interesting

Health Care Charges Under the Knife
Miller-McCune
Why Obama's Health Plan Gets It Wrong
ABC News
Biggest medical mystery: The bill
CNN Money.com
10 Ways to Cut Your Medical Bills
Kiplinger.com
Hospital Finds Out What Rivals Are Charging
Orlando Sentinel.com
5 Times Haggling is Likely to Pay
MSN Money
10 Ways to Cut Your Medical Bills
MSN Money
Doctor, Doctor, Give Me Reviews
Slate.com
A Healthcare System Badly Out of Balance
The Boston Globe
How to Cut Health Care Costs
Forbes.com
Controlling Health Care Expenses
USA Today
Making Drugs Affordable
Wall Street Journal
Surviving in the age of price transparency
Healthcare Financial Management
Changes Taking Place Right Now In Our Health Care System
The Heartland Institute
Health Care's New Entrepreneurs
City Journal
How to Cut Your Health Care costs
SmartMoney.com
Patients Can Get $100 to Reveal Hospital Bills
Akron Beacon Journal
Are You Being Overcharged for Medical Care?
Bottom Line Secrets
I'm Not Going to Pay a Lot for This MRI
CATO Institute
Why Is Fixing American Health Care So Difficult?
ABC News
10 Ways to Cut health-care Cost BEFORE Treatment
Bankate.com
Health Care 2.0: Do-It-Yourself Medical Services
Business 2.0 Magazine
Pricing Healthcare? It's Not That Easy
Chicago Tribune
50 Ways to Cut Your Health Care Costs
CNN Money
Transparency Helps Patients Shop for Care
Consumer Driven Health Care
Blame Government and Insurance Companies for Big Markups
Denver Business Journal
Information on How to Keep Your Healthcare Costs Down
HealthCareCoach
The Price is Wrong
HealthMarkets
Can Transparency Save Healthcare?
Managed Care Magazine
Confronting The Medicare Cost Shift
Managed Care Magazine
Documentary on the Health Care Crisis in America
Michael Moore's Film "SiCKO"
The Rise of the Walk-In Clinic
MSNBC Newsweek
Patients Get Direct Access to Lab Tests
National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA)
Exposing Hospital Costs
Northwestern University
Transparency Movement Gathering Momentum
Portland Business Journal
Top 5ive Ways to Save on Health Care
SmartMoney.com
Transparency in Healthcare a Priority
The Hill News
9 Ways to Cut Health Costs
The Motley Fool
America's Best Health Plans
ThirdAge
Comparison Shopping Moves to Medicine
TMCNet.com
5 Ways to Lower Your Medical Bills
U.S. News and World Report
Medicare Posts 30 Common Procedures’ Prices
USA Today
Social Networking Comes to Healthcare
Wall Street Journal
The New Math of Health Benefits
Wall Street Journal
Sites for More Eyes
WashingtonPost.com
Government Releases Hospital Prices
WebMD
The Top 10 Reasons for Soaring Health-Care Costs
Yahoo! Finance

Publications to help you understand price transparency in health care

Word of Mouth and Physicain Referrals Driving Choice
Center for Studying Health System Change
Survival Guide for the American Healthcare Consumer
change:healthcare
Consumer Driven Health Plans
AAFP
Consumers in Healthcare: The Burden of Choice
California Healthcare Foundation
Cost Comparison Tools: A Market Under Construction
California Healthcare Foundation
Price Check: The Mystery of Hospital Pricing
California Healthcare Foundation
The Emergence of Retail Clinics
California Healthcare Foundation
What We Have Learned About Consumer Driven Healthcare
Consumers for Health Care Choices
A Vision for Consumer Driven Health Care Reform
Galen Institute
Health Savings Accounts: A Survey of the Literature
Galen Institute
Price Transparency
Galen Institute
Consumerism in Health Insurance
HealthMarkets
Health Care Costs Research Report
HealthMarkets
The Common Sense Guide to Health Savings Accounts
HSA Consulting Services, LLC
Survey of Enrollees in CDHPs
Kaiser Family Foundation
Why Transparency Matters
National Association of Health Underwriters
Top Seven Health Industry Trends in 2007
PriceWaterHouseCoopers
The New Hampshire “Healthcost" Website
State of New Hampshire
Transparency in Health Care: Lessons from Other States
State of Rhode Island
Guide to Choosing Quality Healthcare
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Medicare Posts Payment Information for Procedures
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Doctor Ratings

Vitals
DrScore - a better way to give and get patient feedback
FindaDoc
RateMDs
HealthCareScoop
DoctorScoreCard

Everything you need to know about Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)

HSAed.com - Educational Resources for HSAs
HSAeducator.com - Educational Resources and Online Community for HSAs
HSAFinder.com - Health Savings Account Information

Retail clinics in your neighborhood

Aurora Quick Care
MinuteClinic
RediClinic
Take Care Health Systems