Letter to the Editor: The ‘fallacy’ of competition lowering health care costs
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee announced it would not renew its contract with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare because of the costs and could not reach an agreement with the hospital system. Thus, BlueCross members lost access to Methodist hospitals in 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
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“I could no longer stay with a company that did not have the best interests in health care for all. BlueCross should be exposed as interested in their costs only and not in providing quality care.”
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