> are you saying that cptskippy's point about individual lines on the provider side is either nonexistent or irrelevant? I'm saying that the marginal complexi

> are you saying that cptskippy's point about individual lines on the provider side is either nonexistent or irrelevant? I'm saying that the marginal complexity introduced by private plans is actually quite small compared to the complexity that Medicare already creates. Furthermore, the complexity that private insurers introduce is both directly and indirectly linked to the way Medicare structures its billing and reimbursement policies.