Side Effects: Obamacare Encouraging Insurers to Cut Corners
Kathryn Nix /
With or without Obamacare, health insurance costs are on the rise. And that has businesses searching for more affordable options.
One increasingly popular option: health plans covering services provided by a relatively small number of participating doctors and hospitals. These plans are most attractive to small employers, but The New York Times reports, “Large employers, as well, are starting to show some interest, and insurers and consultants expect that, over time, businesses of all sizes will gravitate toward these plans in an effort to cut costs.”