Daily Money - 8 Ways to Lower Your Health Care Costs

Elizabeth O'Brien is a senior writer at Money

I don’t like the word “consumer” in a health-care context. While I’m guilty of using it in stories, the word implies that patients have all the information they need to be savvy shoppers of medical services. That couldn’t be further from the truth. It can be hard to get cost information upfront, even in a non-urgent scenario. While you might be able to get an estimate on your knee replacement, you can’t price out an unexpected emergency room visit in advance. It’s a flawed system, but that’s not to say there are no strategies at your disposal to manage your health care costs. Learn some of them in today’s edition.

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Elizabeth

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Elizabeth O'Brien is deputy editor at Money. She has covered retirement and health care for nearly a decade. A Brooklyn resident and mom of two boys, she navigates the alphabet soup of Medicare and the New York City subway system with equal ease. You can email her at elizabeth.obrien@money.com and follow her on Twitter at @elizobrien.

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