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Restricted Networks are Inconvenient
If a huge insurer's HMO members "end up getting care from physicians who aren't part of the insurer's network because there was no opportunity to choose an in-network doctor," is it the patient's fault?
My intent here is
"to inform. (The desired reader reaction: I didn’t know that!) ..... persuade. (Yes, I see the light!) [and otherwise] help people see things in unexpected ways. (I never thought of it that way!)"
Keller, Bill "The Latest Evolution of the Review" (NY Times 6/16/11)
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