U.S. Reps Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Brett Guthrie have launched an inquiry into abusive marketplace tactics of vision and dental plans, according to an American Optometric Association press release.
In a Jan. 30 letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Rodgers and Guthrie requested an analysis of the effects of consolidation and vertical integration on consumers and independent health care practices, specifically in the vison and dental benefits market. This inquiry expands on an earlier vision benefit manager probe initiated in August by U.S. Rep. James Comer, the release