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Making wise decisions about your health is part of self-care and self-responsibility. As health care consumers, we need to make important decisions about the health products we purchase, the health services we select, and the information we receive. Being a wise health care consumer starts with 3 basic principles:

1. working in partnership with your health care provider.

2. sharing in health care decisions

3. becoming skilled at obtaining health care

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