Health Care Cost Archives

The Skinny on Narrow Health Care Networks

Lots of people shopping in the new health care marketplaces this year picked health plans that limited their choice of doctors and hospitals. The plans were popular because they tended to cost less than more conventional plans that covered nearly every health care provider in a region. The proliferation of these more limited plans, called […]

Insurance Giants Join Forces to Create Healthcare Transparency

The public has been demanding healthcare transparency. Finally, three of the largest health plans have joined forces to finally shed light on claims payment data. UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, and Humana announced they will be working together with the Health Care Cost Institute to focus on healthcare transparency. They will create a payment database that will be available […]