What do you mean about lobbying? There's always lobbying by both sides.
Narrow networks are usually a symptom of few and picky doctors imo. But I don't really know. Economics suggests that more insurers in a market should benefit providers.
Narrow networks are usually a symptom of few and picky doctors imo. But I don't really know. Economics suggests that more insurers in a market should benefit providers.
I and others have been denied enrollment because the "panel is full". Narrow networks are not always because the physician doesn't want in. Sometimes it's a deliberate insurance strategy.
Btw, in California the state medical and hospital associations are definitely more influential than insurers. And I bet that's true in MA too.