In the now-failed ACA repeal and replace bill was a plan to
eventually allow health insurers to sell across state lines. While I support the
idea, there is one huge answer that has not been addressed: provider
agreements. Would each physician be forced to sign a provider contract with
every out of state insurer they deal with, or do these agreements go by the wayside
and
each policy contain a provision stating the maximum the will pay on any one procedure
code? Surely they won't just pay whatever the provider bills (?). If anyone knows the answer I’d love to hear it, as this is too important to
not be addressed – especially when the stated aim is to lower insurance
premiums.
