What if all US health care costs were transparent?

Title:
What if all US health care costs were transparent?
Speaker:
Jeanne Pinder
Description:

In the US, the very same blood test can cost $19 at one clinic and $522 at another clinic just blocks away -- and nobody knows the difference until they get a bill weeks later. Journalist Jeanne Pinder says it doesn't have to be this way. She's built a platform that crowdsources the true costs of medical procedures and makes the data public, revealing the secrets of health care pricing. Learn how knowing what stuff costs in advance could make us healthier, save us money -- and help fix a broken system.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
07:04
Format: HTML5
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