Like competing tycoons building their empires, insurance providers are consistently dueling over their areas of coverage. It’s a behind-the-scenes battle that’s unknown to insurance customers, up until they visit their local hospital and realize they’re no longer on-network.

Wendell Potter spoke to WUFT, the NPR affiliate in North Central Florida, about the spats between insurance providers and major hospital systems like California’s Sutter Health, and how major companies’ rush to gain market share has left patients in a hard place. …