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Will Trade Data for (Cheaper) Health Care – USC’s View of the Future

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health care system. As such, American health consumers are wrestling with sticker shock from surgical procedures, surprise medical bills weeks after leaving the hospital, and the cost of prescription drugs — whether six-figure oncology therapies or essential medicines like insulin and EpiPens.

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

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most visibly for prescription drugs , and increasingly for other line items in the medical bill like nursing home care, hospital care, and physician services. racial and ethnic minority consumers were better informed that whites over time, and people with more education also saw more of the quality information).