A single health insurance company dominates Alabama: ‘Devastating our healthcare system’
Healthcare providers in Alabama report that a single dominant health insurance company is negatively impacting the system. Doctors and hospitals claim the insurer's market dominance forces them to accept low payments or risk closure.
Patients in Alabama can’t get certain treatments. Doctors and hospitals argue they’re underpaid, and they say that the insurer’s "monopoly" forces them to "take it" or close.
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