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Get what's yours for healthcare : how to get the best care at the right price / Philip Moeller.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Get what's yours seriesPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: x, 355 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781982134259
  • 1982134259
Other title:
  • Get what is yours for healthcare
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Contents:
Part one: Health insurance basics. Game on ; Health insurance: friend and foe ; Heroes I: The health navigator--Brian Lehrschall ; Employers get to work on health care ; The Affordable Care Act and other health plans ; Heroes II: The insurance claims expert--Marsha Meytlis ; Medicare coverage, costs, and concerns ; Medicaid: a program everyone may need -- Part two: Your health care team. Heroes III: The letter writer--Julie Greenwood ; Your personal health plan ; Your personal care team ; Heroes IV: The social media maven--Julie Croner ; Your professional care team ; What quality looks like ; Heroes V: The patient advocate--Karen Moore -- Part three: New health care choices. Unneeded and misdiagnosed care ; When you're in control and when you're not ; Heroes VI: The warrior mother--Cynthia Buness ; Shopping for health care ; Getting and paying for drugs ; Heroes VII: The warrior daughter--Areta Buness ; How to fight back ; When consumers make the call ; Afterword: Through the pandemic looking glass.
Summary: A concise guide to healthcare and health insurance basics, which provides tools that patients need before, during, and after they get medical care. The author describes the care we need, the care we don't, and how to deal with doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. Telemedicine and healthcare apps that have become so important during the coronavirus epidemic are also explained. -- adapted from Amazon.com.Summary: "The latest installment in the successful series, GET WHAT'S YOURS FOR HEALTHCARE explains how to get the high-quality healthcare you need at a fair price"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 362.1068 M693 Available 33111009781192
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 362.1068 M693 Available 33111010463277
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library NonFiction 362.1068 M693 Available 33111009831187
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

At a time when healthcare and medical insurance are more important than ever comes this authoritative, unbiased new volume in the acclaimed Get What's Yours series.

Healthcare expert Philip Moeller has written a reliable, concise guide to healthcare and health insurance basics. He provides tools that patients need before, during, and after they get medical care. He describes the care we need, the care we don't, and how to deal with doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. Moeller explains telemedicine and healthcare apps that have become so important during the coronavirus epidemic.

The book shares the stories of disruptive health innovators who have given us access to true health costs, cheaper prescription drugs, and low-cost care in and outside the US. You will learn how to avoid poor care, fight back against denied insurance claims and inflated bills, and use social media to connect with powerful advocates. Throughout, Get What's Yours for Healthcare draws on stories of people who share their lessons on how to successfully navigate the healthcare system.

This invaluable guide helps people get access to the care they need at a price they can afford. It's the book we all need now.

"How to find: the best health insurance, top-quality doctors and hospitals, the care you need and the care you don't, better and cheaper care and drugs, solutions to your medical debt, what health care really costs"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-339) and index.

Part one: Health insurance basics. Game on ; Health insurance: friend and foe ; Heroes I: The health navigator--Brian Lehrschall ; Employers get to work on health care ; The Affordable Care Act and other health plans ; Heroes II: The insurance claims expert--Marsha Meytlis ; Medicare coverage, costs, and concerns ; Medicaid: a program everyone may need -- Part two: Your health care team. Heroes III: The letter writer--Julie Greenwood ; Your personal health plan ; Your personal care team ; Heroes IV: The social media maven--Julie Croner ; Your professional care team ; What quality looks like ; Heroes V: The patient advocate--Karen Moore -- Part three: New health care choices. Unneeded and misdiagnosed care ; When you're in control and when you're not ; Heroes VI: The warrior mother--Cynthia Buness ; Shopping for health care ; Getting and paying for drugs ; Heroes VII: The warrior daughter--Areta Buness ; How to fight back ; When consumers make the call ; Afterword: Through the pandemic looking glass.

A concise guide to healthcare and health insurance basics, which provides tools that patients need before, during, and after they get medical care. The author describes the care we need, the care we don't, and how to deal with doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. Telemedicine and healthcare apps that have become so important during the coronavirus epidemic are also explained. -- adapted from Amazon.com.

"The latest installment in the successful series, GET WHAT'S YOURS FOR HEALTHCARE explains how to get the high-quality healthcare you need at a fair price"-- Provided by publisher.

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