PPO plans give patients flexibility to choose almost any doctor or hospital but they are an endangered species on the Affordable Care Act’s 2016 exchangesDealing with two types of cancer,Linda Moore felt blissful to live in Houston, domestic to one of the country’s top hospitals. Then came a letter from her insurance company earlier this year.“I was fairly certain I must not be reading it correctly, or ” she said. But she was: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas was indeed discontinuing her Preferred Provider Organization plan,meaning that continuing treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center is about to become alarmingly expensive.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com