Sounds to me like the push is now full on to cut out insurance companies and go straight to single payer, i.e., Government, which was always the leftist intent from the get-go.
It may be ... simply ... the hospitals looking out for their own well being. And from their own standpoint, it does make a lot of sense. From the consumer standpoint, I just don’t know.
This is the only way that an organization like Mount Sinai can fend off single payer and government take over of their hospital.