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Special Report - Special Report - December 06, 2012
AMA says many cities lack options for health care plans
One company said to have anticompetitive share in two-thirds of markets


The American Medical Association released last month 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...


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