Price Of A Brace Brings Soccer Player To His Knees

Doctor's offices typically mark up braces and other medical equipment 3-4 times. This article from Kaiser Health News recommends checking online for prices because many times one can get the same product for up to hundreds of dollars less. 
Has anyone found that they significantly overpaid for medical equipment at a doctors office?Price Of A Brace Brings Soccer Player To His Knees

For Bad Backs, It May Be Time to Rethink Biases About Chiropractors

Here is another article based on the new guidelines from the American College of Physicians ( national organization of the medical internal medicine physicians) which recommends non drug treatments such as spinal maniplution and exercise therapy as the first options for back pain. This article written by a medical physician reviews the research showing that spinal manipulation (adjustment) is an effective and safe treatment for low back pain.
Does it seem surprising that a national medical organizaiton is recommending non drug therapies as a first step of treatment?

For Bad Backs, It May Be Time to Rethink Biases About Chiropractors