06 Jun 2005
Did you pay that doctor?

This says more about the state of US healthcare than all the blue ribbon panels and pontificating commissions that have held forth on "the cure" for the last quarter century.

It's testament to the mess that is our medical payments system–where providers, insurers, and patients pass paper like cards in some high-stakes game of "Go Fish"–that it takes a computer program to help you keep track of everything. Introducing the new Quicken Medical Expense Manager (initially $50, going later to $70, at intuit.com), designed to document doctor visits, prescriptions, and other costly medical events, as well as the resulting insurance payments, rejections, and disputes. It even includes form letters for resolving those disputes, but you'll have to provide your own expletives.

(link) [U.S. News & World Report]

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