businessweek.com – There is a growing movement among US employers to send insured workers on paid trips to get operations at bargain prices, those involved in the trend say. Chip Burgett, an executive vice president at BridgeHealth Medical Inc. in Denver – which helps companies, insurers and patients deal with the logistics of shopping for the best prices for surgery and other healthcare – says employers save money even while paying thousands in travel expenses to other states, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. BridgeHealth has deals worked out with about 45 US hospitals, the newspaper said. “There is a lot of excess margin in healthcare and plenty of room in the pricing of these hospitals,” Burgett said. “Hopefully this drives true competition in healthcare and is not just based on how many helicopters a hospital has.” To continue reading click here.