Medicare Prices for Some Care Revealed
“People need to know how much their health care costs, the quality they receive and they need to have a reason to care,” he said. “Once people gain better information, they will become better consumers of care, which helps drive health care costs down and the quality of care goes up.”
“What will be useful to the health care consumer is any kind of quality and outcome information. That’s what I’m going to rely upon if I’m going to have my hip, knee or heart valve replaced — go to the place with the best outcomes.”
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