title: Adverse effects of prohibiting narrow provider networks.
abstract: Many insurers participating in the new insurance exchanges are controlling costs by offering plans with narrow provider networks. Proposed regulations would promote network adequacy, but a pro-provider stance may not be inherently pro-consumer or even pro-patient.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Health Policy and Management, the Department of Economics, and the Winship Cancer Center, Emory University, Atlanta.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020403:Patient Freedom of Choice Laws; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D014481:United States