Senate takes on out-of-network insurance issue

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090328/ap_on_go_co/insurers_out_of_network
"The inquiry follows lawsuits and an investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo alleging that UnitedHealth and Ingenix manipulated rate data so insurers had to pay less and patients more for out-of-network services.

"They're lowballing deliberately. They deliberately cut the numbers so the consumer has to pay more of the cost," Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday."

But, but, but...I thought with our glorious market driven health care, YOU the patient decides with YOUR Doctor on health issues. WITHOUT some bureaucrat in the way. What's up with this?
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