Hospitals are a pillar of California’s health care system, dedicated to caring for those who need them 24/7, and have been working for years to slow the rate of growth in health care spending. It’s time for insurance companies to step up as well.
Health insurance companies have enormous power in California — 94% of the commercial health insurance market is controlled by just six companies — and that influence must be used to streamline the administrative process for providers, and not enact policies that threaten care for patients.