Officials: Horizon's Omnia will hurt urban, rural areas
They said Horizon's goal of reducing health care costs through the
"This is about access and affordable care," said
"If the rules allow for something like this to happen, then the rules need to be changed, because in the drive to create tiered health care networks, the result is going to be we're going to end up with tiered communities. And that is not something we want in this state," said Assemblywoman
Warren County Freeholder Director
"This is a hollow attempt at affordable health care," Smith said.
Horizon, the state's largest insurer with 3.8 million members, announced in September that it would offer a new
Seventeen hospitals classified as Tier 2 appealed the state's approval of the
"Staying the sale and effective date of these plans would immediately trigger chaos," Badolato said.
Lawmakers said they were disappointed that
Horizon officials testified at a joint
Among those who spoke in support of
"Now is not the time to limit fully-insured plans from value-based design options, including appropriately structured tiered networks," Waltman said.
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