Haggling with health-care providers may reduce medical bills

Do you often think that you might be overspending on health care bills? Have you ever been surprised by the amount you owe the provider when the bill arrived in the mail?

Doctors can be helpful if you communicate with them early on to let them know costs are important to you. John Santa, the director of the Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center, offers some practical advice on how consumers should communicate with doctors to negotiate their medical bills. Click here to read the entire article that appeared in the Washington Post last week.