We’ve talked about how to best negotiate your healthcare costs, both before and after the fact, by tying the price you’re willing to pay with what Medicaid and Medicare pays. The government already has done the negotiation for you. In fact, you paid for it.  You might as well use it. Now let’s talk about your meds. This one is tougher. It requires a little more effort on your part. Here’s how you reduce your med costs....

More and more people are going without insurance for their healthcare—they’re paying cash. So how do they get the best deal? They know a guy. Me. And now, so do you. We’ve already discussed “top line pricing” and learned a step-by-step approach to getting huge discounts for cash from your healthcare provider, be it doctor, nurse practitioner or health system. But what if your medical care is unplanned? What if you, without insurance and forced to...

Now that the penalty for not carrying health insurance has been repealed, many people are dropping their coverage all together. They figure they can cover their routine healthcare costs out of pocket with their own cash and pick up health insurance if something really bad happens. And as more and more folks pay cash for their healthcare, they need to know how to haggle. How to get the lowest price possible when purchasing their healthcare...

If you’re without insurance, if you’re going to being paying up front with cash for your medical care, then I can show you step-by-step how to successfully haggle for the costs of your healthcare service—and save you 50%, 60%, 70% or more of what you, personally, would normally pay. Many organizations have a discounted price for cash payment. They love cash up front. It saves them no end of time and effort in dealing with...