Healthcare Issues Concerning NJ Patients
Patient Alert!
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New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Proposes Regulation Concerning Out-of Network Fees
THE PROBLEM
The Department of Banking & Insurance (DOBI) has proposed regulations that will increase the amount patients pay directly, out-of-pocket, for out-of-network medical care. MSNJ opposes this regulation, since it will reduce patients’ rights to choose their doctor by making out-of-network care too expensive. It will also cost patients more when an in-network specialist can’t be found. MSNJ believes this proposal is simply misguided, and we need your help to call for its withdrawal.
Patients will pay more for health care under these regulations.
This regulation will limit your access by making out-of-network and specialized care too expensive!
You, the patient, pay a premium for your coverage. Under this proposal, you will get very little coverage for your premium dollar. The only winners under the proposed regulation are the insurance companies.
In their own analysis the Department of Banking and Insurance admits:
- These proposed amendments “will likely have a negative economic impact on covered persons who opt to use out-of-network non-hospital providers”.
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- “Carriers will be positively impacted because they will pay less”
The entire text of the proposed amended can be found on DOBI's web site .
Action Needed!
- Read more about the proposed regulation’s effect on your out of pocket health care costs, click here.
- Tell DOBI you cannot afford to have your healthcare costs increased. It only takes 5 minutes to Click on this ALERT and TAKE ACTION!
- Click here to JOIN MSNJ HEALTHCARE ADVOCATES to receive important information about this issue and other healthcare issues as they arise.
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