Take Control of Your Healthcare Costs A Guide to Reducing Your Medical Expenses in the Age of Obamacare

Healthcare costs are a serious problem, and most of us feel helpless to do anything about it. Author Barry Lionel Posner gives readers a guide to making financially savvy healthcare decisions and he provides a roadmap of how smart healthcare choices can lead to instant cost savings. His book gives readers insight and practical guidelines for bringing down their own expenses. Each chapter has tips and strategies for saving money without compromising care. Early chapters give a broad picture of the myriad healthcare options out there, including the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), and help the reader navigate the choices to find the option that will work best for their specific needs. Following chapters help readers find ways to save money on prescription drugs, surgeries, preventative care, diagnostic tests, and even doctor visits. In the final chapters the readers will learn how to understand medical bills, find mistakes, and negotiate lower payments. Readers will find this book filled with effective strategies for obtaining optimum value in the age of Obamacare. Whether readers have a large family or no dependents, whether they're self-employed or under-employed, chronically ill or doctor-avoidant, they can find the best health options at the best price.