This would seem to hand a big negotiating advantage to providers.
“This would seem to hand a big negotiating advantage to providers.”
Maybe. But when have you ever seen the Obammunists “negotiate” with anyone? Fascists don’t negotiate; all they know how to do is intimidate or make false promises, and I strongly suspect all the crony capitalists who initially helped get obamacare passed are having second and third thoughts about all of the false promises that have already been made to them.