Tips for saving health care costs

Lifescript.com, the leading women’s health website, today published its list of top 100 tips for slashing your family’s health care costs.

The special report, 100 Money-Saving Health Tips, reveals little-known strategies for getting inexpensive medical, dental and eye care, diet and fitness products, health screenings, health foods, beauty products and more.

“As medical bills take a bigger bite out of family budgets, consumers are looking for every possible way to stretch their health dollars,” says Laurie Berger, VP/editor-in-chief of Lifescript.com. “Our top 100 list provides valuable tips to help Americans live healthy for less.”

Lifescript.com interviewed top physicians, health care professionals, health bloggers and budget-watchers to find the best money-saving strategies.

They include:

1. Low-cost ob-gyn checkups
2. Free kid vaccinations
3. Discount laboratory tests
4. Rebates on health products
5. Prescription drug clubs
6. Mental health “by the minute”
7. Eyeglasses under $10
8. Insurance plan freebies
9. Free online workouts
10. Health coupon websites
11. Supermarket shopping secrets
12. Kitchen beauty tricks