Want to heal healthcare? Let's talk about ... money. How much IS that? Let's all ask, and drive some transparency in our very high-cost, low-transparency system.

1. The Big Question
no one is asking
(in healthcare, at least … )
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We’re encouraged
to ask questions,
but not the
BIGGEST one

3. How
much
is
that?
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4. I’m not an economist.
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5. But I know plenty about
markets and consumer behavior.
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Healthcare is the only
consumer-facing industry
with NO price transparency

7. Here’s a
disruptively
innovative
idea
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8. How
much
is
that?
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9. Price transparency affects market
behavior, and therefore
PRICES
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I may not be an economist,
but I’m no dummy!

10. Annual health care spend in the US:
$2.3 Trillion-with-a-T
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11. That’s what
economists
call a
hockey stick
price curve!
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12. The only way to really bend
the cost curve
is to start asking ….
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13. Sing it
with
me,
kids!
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14. How
much
is
that?
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Even those of us with “the chronic” know
this is a critical question

16. Patient
The healthcare system
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17. How
much
is
that?
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18. To survive trips through
the health care car wash
with our wallets intact
and the system sustainable
we HAVE to keep asking
one simple question:
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19. How
much
is
that?
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Oh, and if you really
want to start a
revolution, ask me
about how we can
completely retool the
health insurance
marketplace!

21. If you’d like to have
that conversation,
or engage in any other
creative disruption:
Email: casey@mightycasey.com
Twitter: @MightyCasey
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/MightyCasey
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