More than 1 out of 3 healthcare consumers say keeping down insurance costs is more important than keeping their physician, according to a HealthPocket survey.
The website, which ranks and compares health plans, asked how much money patients would need to save annually to change physicians. More than half said they would be willing to do so for a savings of $500-$1000 a year. By comparison, less than 1 out of 11 said they were change physicians only if they saved more than $3,000 a year.
Narrower provider networks allow health plans to offer lower rates to a more select pool of physicians in exchange for more patients.
