Talking to Your Doctor About Health Costs
Jessica Jou is currently a second year medical student at the Tufts University School of Medicine. She grew up in Taiwan where medical insurance is universally provided by the government. While in college, she lead a team of physicians and students to provide healthcare to rural villages in Nepal. They are now in their fifth year of service. And after working with the uninsured population in Boston at the Sharewood Project, she is inspired to empower patients and physicians alike to start the conversation about healthcare costs. In a new brochure developed for patients, medical student...
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A preview of exciting things to come this summer: 1. Early stage development of the Costs of Care mobile application (if you squint at the iPhone you’ll see our icon, courtesy of Zegarra Designs) 2. Preparation for the inaugural Costs of Care essay contest with large cash prizes for the top anecdote demonstrating the importance of cost-awareness in medical decision-making. Judges will include former U.S. Presidential Candidate and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, current Harvard Medical School Dean Jeffrey Flier, and others to be announced soon. 3. A major expansion of the...
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