Opinion: BlueCross’ decision shows how competition can lower health care prices
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee announced it would not renew its contract with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare due to costs, if an agreement was not reached by Jan. 1, 2023. Because no agreement was made, BlueCross members lost access to Methodist hospitals in the new year. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Cynthia A. Fisher
Cynthia A. Fisher is the founder and chairman of PatientRightsAdvocate.org, a nonprofit 501c3 and nonpartisan organization focused on healthcare price transparency that was advised by former U.S. Senator Tom Coburn M.D. (R) from Oklahoma.
“BlueCross BlueShield’s move is a welcome sign of the emergence of a competitive, price-transparent health care marketplace, which is needed to reverse runaway costs driven by hospital overcharging.”
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