Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Newswire.com) – Members of the National Alliance of Rural Hospitals (NARH) were out in force March 6, providing their powerful input at the Oklahoma House Insurance Committee last Tuesday, in favor of HB3228. The bill would allow policyholders to receive care from “any willing provider,” opening doors to access that go well beyond their carrier’s network.

Current law allows insurance carriers to block providers from their network. The bill’s supporters argue that this impedes the choices available to policyholders, as well as it limits the ability of some healthcare pr...