Quote of the Day

Narrow networks are "becoming a critical part of our retail strategy. With people more directly accountable for paying the premium out of their pocket, they tend to buy the narrow network....On the small-group side of exchange products, those small groups tend to buy broad PPOs almost at the same rate that the consumer on the retail side is buying the narrow network. It is an interesting dynamic; people buy differently than employers do."



— Jerry Bradford, vice president of network management for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, told AIS's Health Plan Week.