Quote of the Day

“There is more focus now on the unwillingness of providers to reduce the charges and the prices that were being offered in the old market to adjust to the new market. We are at the bleeding edge of bringing affordable benefit packages home to consumers to meet the needs of their budgets. And now the discussion needs to be enlarged to make sure that our provider partners are willing to do that….” — Karen Ignagni, AHIP President and CEO, told the audience at AHIP’s Dec. 12 conference on insurance exchanges.