Healthcare cost and policy

Disney vs. DirecTV is how provider network fights work too

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It's in the news as Disney and DirectTV, but it's also large healthcare provider networks and insurance companies.

It's the same playbook. The content/healthcare provider amasses enough consumer/patient power that they demand increased payment from the TV/payer network.

The provider knows that the network needs them, so they play a game of chicken to extort more money out of the payers.

The payers are us, by the way.

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