Quote of the Day

“The big national [health plan] players are picking the markets where they have enough penetration to generate competitive discounts….In many states, the Big Three [i.e., Aetna, UnitedHealth and Cigna] are simply outgunned by local and regional health plans with a strong Medicaid or Medicare Advantage base.” — Jon Kingsdale, Ph.D., managing director at Wakely Consulting Group and founding executive director of the Massachusetts exchange, told AIS’s Inside Health Insurance Exchanges.