Being smarter about prescription drugs represents another simple technique that can have a big impact on patients’ costs. NO: The System Is Too Complex for People to Make Useful ChoicesBy Amanda FrostAmanda Frost Photo: Health Care Cost InstituteWhen it comes to making decisions about our health care, being a “smart shopper” takes more effort than most of us are willing to put in. In studies, fewer than 5% of respondents used health-care shopping tools when available. But health-care prices are much more complex than those scenarios make them appear. But we should not expect people to make complex decisions about their health care using those abstract measures.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 12, 2017 02:04 UTC