Does anyone else see a problem with this arrangement? And yes, it is all very legal. But that doesn’t mean it is prudent or even ethical to continue this convoluted, monopolistic, expensive, and restrictive method of accessing and paying for healthcare!
Look carefully at the characteristics of how health plan networks operate and follow the money flow from start to finish. What holds it all together? Despite its byzantine complexity and 40+ years of being entrenched into our national psyche, there is one linchpin that holds the whole perverse system together: It is the physician contract!
The provider (or provider’s employer) buy-in is what propagates and guarantees the survival of this behemoth. Without provider network agreements, the whole thing collapses like a house of cards!
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