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**FuXA8nQM** · 08-23-2009, 08:25 PM

There's a big difference between "not all doctors are on all plans" and "doctors are only allowed to participate in one plan".

You don't need all doctors to be on all plans to have a very competitive market. You just need that there are reasonable alternatives which are accepted by a large number of local doctors.

If the story was "71% of doctors in Maine only accept Wellpoint" then that might mean something.

So no, zkrib's "larger point" is not at all correct.

08-23-2009, 08:25 PM	#7
FuXA8nQM Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 586 Senior Member	There's a big difference between "not all doctors are on all plans" and "doctors are only allowed to participate in one plan". You don't need all doctors to be on all plans to have a very competitive market. You just need that there are reasonable alternatives which are accepted by a large number of local doctors. If the story was "71% of doctors in Maine only accept Wellpoint" then that might mean something. So no, zkrib's "larger point" is not at all correct.
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