Even doctors guess at health charges
Wall Street Journal (subscription required), May 21, 2008
Patients are often frustrated not knowing how much medical care will cost before they're treated. Wall Street Journal columnist Benjamin Brewer, MD, says he understands, because he can't get that information when he needs it, either.
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