Call for dental insurance market transparency

Competition is a good thing, economists tell us. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) evaluates competition and has intervened in some health care markets to ensure the competition is not reduced to a degree that would adversely affect consumers. Less competition among health care providers leads to higher prices for patients, and less competition among insurers leads to higher premiums and lower provider payment rates. The problem with evaluating the effects of competition is the lack of transparency of the players in the dental insurance market.
Source: Dental Abstracts - Category: Dentistry Tags: The Big Picture Source Type: research