How to Avoid Paying Retail for Healthcare

Have you ever considered asking your doctor for a discount on a hip replacement? Or signing up for a drug trial to get free medicine?
As more workers find themselves unemployed and losing their health insurance, Americans are finding the courage to ask hospitals and health care providers for a better deal. Friday on the Sound of Ideas, Regina Brett will talk to health care professionals who say it is possible for individuals to negotiate price even though some in the medical community view the practice with disdain. How to avoid paying retail for health care, Friday at 9 on 90.3.
Martin Rosen, Co-founder and Vice-President of Health Advocate, Inc. and co-author of “The Healthcare Survival Guide: Cost Saving Options for the Suddenly Unemployed and Anyone Who Wants to Save Money”
J.B Silvers, Treuhaft Professor of Health Systems Management, Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management
Dr. Tim Bizga, Bizga Dental