"In Maine, state regulators prohibited Anthem BlueCross BlueShield from switching some customers to a network sold through the [ACA]'s marketplace that excluded six of the state's hospitals. In Washington State, the insurance commissioner initially banned several health plans from the online exchange for what he called inadequate caregiver networks. Some of the plans have broadened networks; the dispute continues with others. In New Hampshire Anthem's 2014 marketplace plans exclude more than a third of the state's hospitals. Lawmakers have written legislation that would force insurers to expand choice.... Now Mississippi, too, is talking about an any-willing-provider law, which typically requires insurers to take any hospital, clinic or doctor under terms accepted by other participants."

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