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Complete guides to insurance, doctors, prescriptions, dental, mental health and Medicare. What things cost, what your plan owes you, and how to push back — no jargon.
One deep-dive guide for every corner of the system — from reading an EOB to choosing between Medicare Advantage and Original.
How a plan really works: deductible, copay, coinsurance, networks, the Marketplace and the paperwork that follows.
Health Insurance: Deductibles, Networks and What You Actually Pay
Why a PCP matters, how to find one taking patients, what a physical covers and when a video visit is enough.
Primary Care: Finding a Doctor Who Will Actually See You
The triage decision that costs the most money in American health care, and the laws that protect you once you're inside.
ER, Urgent Care or Wait: Which Door and What It Costs
Generics, discount cards, the insulin cap, prior authorization and the 90-day refill that quietly saves the most.
Prescription Drugs: How to Stop Overpaying at the Counter
Cleanings, fillings, crowns and root canals — the cash prices, the annual maximum trap and where to find care for less.
Dental Care: What Insurance Covers and What It Never Will
Who does what, what the parity law entitles you to, why the directory lies, and how to find care you can afford.
Mental Health Care: Finding Help and Paying For It
Why an MRI swings from $400 to $4,000 in one city, which screenings are free by law, and how to read your own bloodwork.
Labs and Imaging: Same Test, Ten Different Prices
What each part pays for, the enrollment deadlines that penalize you for life, Advantage vs Original, and Medicaid.
Medicare: Parts A, B, C and D Without the Jargon
From the deductible to the EOB, from urgent care to Medicare — know what you owe before the bill arrives.
Health care is national. Each edition is written for the system its readers actually have to use.