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Beginning in 2019, Americans will no longer need to make 30 phone calls to figure out how much it will cost to deliver a baby or get an X-ray. According to Newsweek, a new federal rule will require hospitals across the country to list their prices online beginning on January 1, 2019. Critical access hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, and rehabilitation facilities will soon be required to list the prices of the procedures, surgeries, and medical supplies they offer, including d

In September 2016, my husband, Bob Hassmiller, fell off his bicycle and spent the last 10 days of his life in the ICU. While advances in medical technology have undoubtedly improved care and extended lives, the machines that kept him alive made me feel distanced from the medical professionals who decided his future. Despite my own health literacy as a nurse, I felt discounted during rounding and decision-making. Bob’s providers stood outside his room and talked at computer sc