Contract disputes between hospitals and insurance companies aren’t all that unusual in New Hampshire.
But the current impasse between Lakes Regional General Healthcare and Anthem Insurance has gotten off to a different start.
Usually, parties keep negotiation details quiet.
Here, both sides have taken their dispute public very aggressively and very early in the negotiations.
And that leaves some observers wondering if this disagreement might end up differently than the others.
NHPR’s Dan Gorenstein reports.
