Suggested Treatment & How to find your cost!

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 • Mayo Clinic experts share great treatment info & insights on various diseases, conditions, and symptoms.  There is also a First Aid Guide on handling medical emergencies. 

 • The National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, and other organizations created the MedLinePlus site with:

   +  extensive medical treatment information & is easy to use. 

   + useful info on herbal remedies and supplements.  These are effective at times but can also have harmful effects! Learn more about the evidence based info on the most popular supplements.

• In addition, to "big" treatment costs a specific treatment/procedure can vary significantly at different providers! Even in a local area!  

What to do?  When an MD says non emergency treatment is needed  I recommend using  Fair Health's system to check costs: 

• There are videos on how to use.

• You can check provider cost in your area by selecting the: 

     — green medical cost button then: 

     — in network bullet (more economical ) and Next below it 

     — enter your zip code 

     — one of the 24 blue buttons for the type of medical situation you are interested in 

     — you see one or more pages (usually) with additional choices 

Then tell your MD you found the cost would be $_____ and would like to know their cost since you have a high deductible medical plan!

 •   In addition to checking cost when any "elective" or non emergency treatment is proposed— I also recommend getting a second opinion!   Why? 37% of the time the second opinion suggested a change!