Marekani, kipimo cha damu cha kimoja, kinaweza kugharimu $19 katika kliniki moja na $522 katika kliniki nyingine majengo machache baadaye -- na hakuna ajuaye tofauti mpaka baada ya wiki moja wanapopata bili. Mwanahabari Jeanne Pinder anasema haihitaji kuwa hivi. Alijenga jukwaa ambalo linakusanya taarifa za gharama halisi za huduma za afya na kuweka taarifa wazi kwa wote, likifichua siri za bei za huduma za afya. Jifunze jinsi kujua gharama za vitu mapema kunavyoweza kutufanya tuwe na afya zaidi, na kuokoa pesa -- na kusaidia kurekebisha mfumo mbovu.

Jeanne Pinder: Ingekuwaje kama gharama za afya Marekani zingekuwa wazi?

Ingekuwaje kama gharama za afya Marekani zingekuwa wazi?

Discovering a generic anti-nausea drug billed at $1,419, which is available online for $2.49, unveils the opacity of health care costs.

A startling price range for echocardiograms, $200 in Brooklyn to $2,150 in Manhattan, highlights drastic health care cost variability.

Empowering patients through price transparency could revolutionize health care, making it possible to choose the $19 test over the $522 one.