As part of a push to contain health care cost growth, business leaders, state administrators, and policymakers should focus on Consumer Driven Health Care (CDHC) plans that involve consumers in making health care decisions.[...]

A local group  (run by a former classmate of mine) is accepting entries for an annual contest that highlights stories of medical costs gone wild. The group Costs of Care’s mission is that:  All doctors should understand how the decisions they make impact what patients pay. The prompts for the contest stress the importance of all stakeholders being more aware of the impact of decisions that we make in receiving our health care. Do you have a story about a medical bill that was higher than y[...]