“Middletown, N.Y.-based Crystal Run Healthcare this week opened its small- and large-group health plans for enrollment. State approval to operate managed-care and Medicaid plans is expected by August. The doctor-owned plan will compete with major insurers for local business. It’ll have a more limited network of doctors, but its owners hope to offer a competitive price and a more personal touch. ”
“The new insurer’s early bids for business have lowered employers’ health benefit expenses by 8 percent to 12 percent,” Bruce Weil, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Capacity Benefits, told Ms. Evans.
