Health Care Choices (Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY)
By Pat Ford
Pew Center
It was a battle of the Titans: Aetna-U.S. Healthcare, the giant national insurer, vs. The Physicians Inc. (TPI), a group of 1,800 doctors — the majority of doctors practicing in the Louisville area. The details were Byzantine but the impact was simple: Thousands of Aetna policyholders, though not part of the dispute, would bear the consequences. They would no longer be covered for visits to their doctors.
Enter The Courier-Journal in the role of Greek chorus, trying to provide perspective that would help people decide what to make of the dispute.