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"To get rich, never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth."

-Richard Baker, American Congressman

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Healthcare Consumer Tools

It's taking some time, but the resources are becoming available to make decisions and comparisons with respect to healthcare and its costs.

The Tennessee Hospital Association has created a website on which one may generate a report to find out what a typical hospital procedure, such as a cesarean section, would cost at hospitals throughout the state (except for the ones owned by HCA [Hospital Corporation of America], the largest hospital group in the US, which promises to publish pricing information soon).

tnhospitalsinform.com

There is no quality data to compare yet, but Health and Human Services has its own website you can check out.

www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov

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