Insurers say that while that falloff in claims for non-COVID care is offsetting for now many insurers' costs associated with the pandemic, the future is far more fraught.
Fed up with high hospital prices even after insurers’ negotiated discount, more employers are cutting out insurance middlemen in favor of direct contracting.
Nationally, an estimated 30,000 people are in such association health plans, many of which are in legal limbo.
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