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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
So Much For Price Transparency In The Healthcare System
With very, very few exceptions, healthcare services are the one consumer item that people "buy" without knowing the price. Imagine...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
I Have Great Health Insurance...So Why Are My Medical Bills So High?
A new study shows that even with good healthcare insurance, nearly 24 million people are still spending a large percentage of their...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 1 min
Pre-Existing Exclusions Still Exist for Seniors
One of the biggest successes of the Affordable Care Act was the removal of pre-existing exclusions. No longer could insurance companies...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 1 min
$8 versus $2000 per month (Another Prescription Rip-Off)
Ocasio-Cortez grills CEO of pharma company making billions on government-patented HIV drug Click here So big Pharma gets to right off all...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 1 min
Who's responsible for high prescription prices?
We all want to blame big Pharma for high drug prices. But it's a little bit more complicated than that. Here's a great article that...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 1 min
Food as Medicine: Why won't doctors admit that diets can be curative?
My wife is struggling to figure out the best diet to tackle her multiple autoimmune issues. Researching this can drive one mad. One...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 1 min
Cancer and Confusing Bills
It's hard enough to deal with medical bills when you are feeling well. It's nearly impossible to do so when you battling cancer. Using...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 1 min
Life Expectancy & Infant Mortality In The U.S. (Not So Great)
As people are choosing their health insurance for 2019, I thought it be interesting to reflect on a couple of very worrisome statistics....
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 1 min
Medicaid Expansion And The Uninsured
This month we saw great gains in Medicaid expansion. Prior to the mid-term elections, there were 18 states that did not offer expanded...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 3 min
Top 10 Steps For Improving Your Next Doctor's Visit
As the parent of a special needs child and as a board certified patient advocate, I have been to 100's and perhaps, even, 1000's of...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
10 Best and Worst Things To Say To Someone in Grief
I have had to write too many condolences to friends and family that have lost a close relative (usually a parent). I've found these...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
MY GRATITUDE LIST (or "How I learned to deal with stress and anxiety one line at a time")
(This is a reposting from an old LinkedIn article that I wrote.) For those of you that know me, you are probably aware of the many...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
Advice from a Patient Advocate: It's Time To Rethink Medical Coverage For Your College Student
The Fall semester for colleges and universities is fast approaching. For my two college kids, it is starting on August 15th. Not only...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 3 min
Advice from a Patient Advocate: Active Listening 101
"There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak." (Simon Sinek) A relative of mine is entering hospice today....
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
Advice From A Patient Advocate: Don't Lie to Your Doctor
We lie to our dentist ("yes, I've been flossing"). We lie to our music teachers ("I practiced"). We lie to ourselves all the time ("I'm...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 3 min
A Sincere Apology (A 5-Step Guide)
Nothing rings quite as hollow as an insincere apology. We hear them all the time in politics and the corporate world. They usually sound...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
What If Your Hotel Bill Was Like A Hospital Bill
Many people are thoroughly confused when they get a detailed bill from a hospital. How much was that bandage?? Two Tylenol cost $25??...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 4 min
Deciphering your hospital bill - Good luck with that!
David Lazarus, a consumer rights columnist for the LA Times, just wrote an excellent article about hospital bills and how complicated...
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Steven Corn
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
Don't Cry For Me Aetna (and UnitedCare and Anthem)!
(Update: Aetna may have pulled out of these states because they didn't get Federal approval for their merger with Humana. See Aetna's...
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