Healthcare Triage News: Narrow Insurance Networks Limit Access, Especially for Kids

Narrow health insurance networks cover fewer doctors, and can be especially narrow when it comes to specialists. And, it turns out, this limited access to specialists disproportionately affects children. This is Healthcare Triage News:

This episode was adapted from a blog post I wrote for the AcademyHealth blog. Go read more there:

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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