Saturday, April 25, 2009

Doctor's web site highlights Chicago healthcare bargains

Chi-Town Daily News:
When physician Leslie Ramirez launched Leslie's List, an online database of local health care prices, she knew it would help people learn what kind of options existed for drugs and testing.

But she didn't know it would become such an important reference for an increasing number of Chicagoans whose benefits have been cut or eliminated as a result of the economy.

"I was sick of seeing patients who were suffering basically because they couldn’t afford tests that I prescribed or medications," she says.

The idea to start the site came when Ramirez's mother said she would forego a mammogram because she had lost her insurance.

"It was clear that she didn’t understand there were options," Ramirez says.

So she pooled some money together and started Leslie'sList.org in February. To date, the site has had more than 21,000 visitors.
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