Get What's Yours for Health Care: How to Get the Best Care at the Right Price

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At a time when healthcare and medical insurance are more important than ever comes this authoritative, unbiased new volume in the acclaimed Get Whats 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 dont, 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 Whats 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. Its the book we all need now.

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"In this easy-to-understand guide, Moeller clearly explains this countrys confusing medical system . . . [Moeller] is an old hand at giving wise advice, historical context, and helpful statistics. So he knows how to authoritatively caution plan holders to ask about annual deductibles, copays, out-of-pocket maximums, and prescription drug coverage." * Booklist *

Author Bio

Veteran journalist Philip Moeller has won a Gerald Loeb award for distinguished business and financial journalism. He coauthored theNew York TimesbestsellerGet Whats Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Securityand is the author of the companion volumes,Get Whats Yours for Medicare: Maximizing Your Coverage, Minimizing Your CostsandGet Whats Yours for Health Care:How to Get the Best Care at the Right Price.He wrote the Ask Phil feature for PBS NewsHourand has also worked forMoneyandUS News & Reportas well as several newspapers.