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The ACA forced insurance companies to pay out 80% of their revenues in care costs or refund premiums or pay penalties.
Said differently, under the current ACA rules, insurance companies have 0 incentive to negotiate costs down.
They won't get any return on that effort.
It's less effort denying claims and narrowing networks so as to ration access naturally.
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The ACA forced insurance companies to pay out 80% of their revenues in care costs or refund premiums or pay penalties.
Said differently, under the current ACA rules, insurance companies have 0 incentive to negotiate costs down.
They won't get any return on that effort.
It's less effort denying claims and narrowing networks so as to ration access naturally.