What's a typical range of discount negotiated by insurers with ambulance companies? [more inside]
posted by spacewrench on Sep 18, 2009 - 1 answer

I don't understand why health care suddenly costs so damn much. I can understand a few factors - nurses' pay has gone up, new treatments are more expensive (and doctors prescribe more expensive treatments - sometimes unnecissarily) but these factors don't seem to explain how insanely costly health care has become. And where is all that money going? Again, I understand that CEO pay has skyrocketed in the last 20 years, but is that enough to explain the enormous cost of health care these days? [more inside]
posted by serazin on Nov 28, 2008 - 43 answers

I'm a woman in my 20s, and I've been told I have gout. Misdiagnosis? What next? [more inside]
posted by jennak on Sep 17, 2007 - 15 answers

MEDICAL INSURANCE: I'm getting some for the first time in 8 years. Clearly I should have at least catastrophic, but help me decide whether having more is worth the cost. Also: any opinions about HealthyNY insurance? [more inside]
posted by lorimer on Sep 15, 2006 - 9 answers

Somewhat hypothetically: How might one prevent undesired emergency medical treatment while unconscious? [more inside]
posted by IshmaelGraves on Nov 23, 2005 - 26 answers

Is there somewhere online--maybe a government site--where you can check the credentials of U.S. doctors? (As in, have they been sued 20 times for malpractice, where did they go to med school, etc.) When I search for something like that, I get spambot hell and/or paid services. I need to go to a specialist and don't have the luxury of knowing enough people here to get a recommendation.
posted by _sirmissalot_ on Nov 19, 2004 - 12 answers