Maybe you live in a big city SNY and dont care about the "FLYBY" states...
did you read this?
The Rural Problem
In rural regions, several factors combine to create a landscape that is inhospitable to newcomers. Developing relationships with doctors and hospitals can be costly where cities and towns are widely scattered and the pool of potential customers is small.
“I think the problem was that the Affordable Care Act was designed for where the majority of the people live, in the big cities where there’s a lot of competition among health care providers,” said Tom Hirsig, Wyoming’s insurance commissioner.
He said insurers simply did not find his state, with its population of fewer than 600,000, attractive.
“You’ve got to have some bargaining chips and we don’t have that much,” he said.
Often a single hospital dominates an area, giving insurers little leverage when negotiating reimbursement rates. Only one Wyoming county is served by more than one hospital, said Stephen K. Goldstone, the chief executive of WINHealth.
“What it costs to be treated here is more expensive than other places because there’s no competition among providers,” Mr. Goldstone said.
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