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Released: July 18, 2010

Insurers push plans limiting patient choice of doctors

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/business/18choice.html (Free Registration)

As the Obama administration begins to enact the new national health care law, the country’s biggest insurers are promoting affordable plans with reduced premiums that require participants to use a narrower selection of doctors or hospitals.

The plans, being tested in places like San Diego, New York and Chicago, are likely to appeal especially to small businesses that already provide insurance to their employees, but are concerned about the ever-spiraling cost of coverage.

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