Compassionate Strategies and the Costs of Care
By Narine Wandrey Bewildered, panicked, and disheartened…I watched my mother’s eyes dart back and forth as she read the pharmacy’s prescription cash price list, knowing she could not possibly dig deep
By Narine Wandrey Bewildered, panicked, and disheartened…I watched my mother’s eyes dart back and forth as she read the pharmacy’s prescription cash price list, knowing she could not possibly dig deep
By JaBaris Swain, MD MPH It was probably the most awkward question I had been asked before, and I did not have an answer… He was a middle-aged gentleman, neatly dressed—very
By Monica Williams-Murphy, MD Mrs. Sandra Jackson knew that she was no Warren Buffet. She knew that she was no Bill Gates. Instead, Mrs. Jackson knew that she worked two jobs,
By Randi Oster We were taking our eighth trip to the emergency room with my son Gary, who has Crohn’s disease, rushing from one hospital to the next. In Norwalk, the
By Chris Moriates, MD There is little doubt that over the next few years we will see a wave of increasingly sophisticated point-of-care tools to help clinicians determine the costs and
[SUMMARY] Costs of Care, a nonprofit that helps patients and their caregivers deflate medical bills, has selected finalists in their annual essay contest. These stories, from every corner of the