Upcoming Events

SIIA Spring Forum

March 25-27

San Antonio, TX

Is a health savings account (HSA) better than a 401(k)? You decide.

I have written about the virtues of HSAs before. But never did it become so clear to me that HSAs can be better than….

Cost, quality, and your healthcare—a story about relationships

Cost and quality—they’re always related right? Well, usually. Sometimes we buy the cheaper good or service when we’re looking to save money, understanding the….

Don’t have an HSA? Here’s why you need one.

Since their creation as “tax-advantaged” accounts by Congress in 2003, the prevalence of health savings accounts (HSA) has been growing steadily despite the reality….

Not happy about your salary increases (or lack thereof) over the past decade? You might want to blame it on healthcare.

While many factors may be contributing to the lack of salary increases in America, have you considered that one of the biggest culprits might….

For mature audiences only

Just when you thought we were done talking about health savings accounts, here we are again talking about HSAs. We’ve outlined HSAs before, but….

It pays to shop for healthcare, when you have the right tool

Could the controversial decision of three major hospitals save thousands of lives?

There’s been a lot of buzz around hospital systems lately—mostly about mergers and acquisitions and consolidations. But something else has been making headlines recently….

7 ways to take control of your physical and financial health in 2016

Happy New Year from the MyMedicalShopper Team! Yup, it’s 2016. And with a new year, comes new goals, and trends, and fads. If you’re….
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Despite law, healthcare price transparency remains murky in MA

If you’ve been keeping up with healthcare news this week, you may have noticed the headlines buzzing about the demand for price transparency or….
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Dear Douglas White, price transparency can be stupid

Dear Douglas White, Last week, the team here at MyMedicalShopper read an article published by Kaiser Health News highlighting your frustration with healthcare price….