Jonathan Walsh

I didn't live through the 1960's. As I think about what's going on in the world today, I imagine there are some similarities now to back then. Lots of changes, anger, protests, violence, foreign conflicts, this-side-versus-that-side, pushes for peace, pushes for rule-following, identity struggles, innovation. I do think technology has made our world "smaller." Has it made it better? Sure and not-so-sure. I think Bob Dylan's song The Times They are A-Changin' still applies. My two cents for today.

This could affect nearly everyone in Ohio! You will soon be able to shop prices for your medical procedures and services through a new, free website from the group Patient Rights Advocate. It's called OhioHospitalPrices.org where you can select a hospital and a procedure and it will call up the prices for you. You can also compare the same services across hospital systems or within the same system. It will give you negotiated prices, costs if you have insurance or if you want the cash-pay option. It will go live tomorrow morning at 5 o'clock! I hope you'll be able to save some money using this. We found some common procedures that had big price differences...as much at 10 times the lowest amount.

Are you using the Affordable Care Act Marketplace to get your health insurance? I have a story today about the latest on government subsidies, real people affected, what Republicans and Democrats from the U.S. House say are the issues, what President Trump has kind of floated out there as far as a next move, and more. See you at 6pm and 7pm.