Missed diagnoses out-ranked medication overdoses and surgical mistakes in causing the most patient harm.
Health Care
Doctors Go Shopping: Price Comparisons Lead MDs to Lower Testing Costs
It’s a basic tenet of smart shopping — compare prices so you can find the best deal. Doctors, however, are often in the dark about what medical tests cost.
Letters to the Editor: Read Reactions to ‘Bitter Pill’
As a surgeon, I want to commend Steven Brill on an outstanding article. A detailed discussion about the pricing and profits in health care is long overdue. You succeeded in putting a personal face on this crisis, and yes, it is a …
Readers Respond: Your Hospital Bill Nightmares, via CNN iReport
How much does it cost to stay healthy? Readers shared their thoughts — and their remarkable health care charges — following Steven Brill’s recent TIME cover story, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us”
The Profit Of Prestigious Cancer Care
The cash flow for Sloan-Kettering comes from more than just drug markups. It also comes from the high pricing enabled by a great brand and an enterprise that has learned how to expand the reach of its brand
Social Reactions: Bitter Pill — Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us
The new issue of TIME magazine explores the problem of rising medical bills, examining who is setting such high prices and pocketing the biggest profits. Read social media reaction to the cover story here, and share your own thoughts at #bitterpill.
Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us
How outrageous pricing and egregious profits are destroying our health care
What Makes Health Care So Expensive?
Inside ‘Bitter Pill’: Steven Brill Discusses His TIME Cover Story
Simple lab work done during a few days in the hospital can cost more than a car. A trip to the emergency room for chest pains that turn out to be indigestion brings a bill that can exceed the price of a semester at college. When …
Sound Off: Are Medical Bills Too High? Tell Us Why
$7 for a gauze pad, $995 for the ambulance ride, $13,225 for one day in the ICU—has the cost of medical care become untenably high? Comment in the space below, sharing your experiences, insights and strategies for navigating the American healthcare system.
The Kindest Cut: How One Hospital Lowered Costs by Making Doctors More Budget Conscious
To lower healthcare costs, it helps for doctors to know what medical services and supplies cost
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Is Your Doctor Burned Out? Nearly Half of U.S. Physicians Say They’re Exhausted
Burnout and poor work-life balance are a bigger problem for doctors than other professions
