{"id":3273,"date":"2021-06-19T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthdrum.com\/?p=3273"},"modified":"2021-10-12T18:52:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T18:52:58","slug":"self-pay-healthcare-can-beat-insurance-based-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthdrum.com\/blog\/self-pay-healthcare-can-beat-insurance-based-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Pay Healthcare Can Beat Insurance-based Pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why pay for an expensive health insurance plan when you pay for routine care anyway with copays, deductibles and non-covered services? Don\u2019t be over-insured and overpay. Move to high-deductible health plans for unlikely major medical issues and pay for routine office-based care yourself. Take charge and stay in control of your healthcare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3293\" src=\"https:\/\/healthdrum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cash-Price.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"4080\" height=\"2924\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/healthdrum.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.HEALTHdrum.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Come join our healthcare community and discover how <\/span><b>consumer-directed, self pay care<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can save you a bundle of money and put healthcare control back in your hands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read more.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/why-insurance-companies-control-your-medical-care-62540\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/why-insurance-companies-control-your-medical-care-62540<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Written by HEALTHdrum<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why pay for an expensive health insurance plan when you pay for routine care anyway with copays, deductibles and non-covered services? Don\u2019t be over-insured and overpay. Move to high-deductible health plans for unlikely major medical issues and pay for routine office-based care yourself. Take charge and stay in control of your healthcare. 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