New AMA Study Finds Anticompetitive Market Conditions are Common across Managed Care Plans
CHICAGO - Nov. 28, 2012 - The American Medical Association (AMA) today released a new study showing that anticompetitive market power is widespread for each of the three most popular managed care plans in the U.S. The AMA’s annual health insurance market analysis for the first time examines insurer competition in the markets for point-of-service plans (POS), in addition to its annual analysis of health maintenance organizations (HMO) and preferred provider organizations (PPO). “The broad scope of the new AMA analysis provides the most complete picture of the consolidation trend in health