United Healthcare Replacing Anthem

[MassWineGuy]

United Healthcare will be replacing Anthem as medical plan administrator next year. The reviews are terrible:

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[zeev]

Thank you for the information everyone needs to see this.

 

[MassWineGuy]

I heard bad things about Anthem, too. But I don't think they were awful.

Just in case, everyone should have contact info to their state's attorney general.

 

[It will be fine]

United Healthcare will be replacing Anthem as medical plan administrator next year. The reviews are terrible:

UnitedHealth Group | Reviews | Better Business Bureau® Profile

View customer reviews of UnitedHealth Group. Leave a review and share your experience with the BBB and UnitedHealth Group.

www.bbb.org

I can’t imagine many health insurance companies have positive reviews.

 

[MassWineGuy]

Good point.

 

[vantexan]

I heard bad things about Anthem, too. But I don't think they were awful.

Just in case, everyone should have contact info to their state's attorney general.

Is that nationwide or just in your state? FedEx uses various providers, depending on the state.

 

[oldngray]

Is that nationwide or just in your state? FedEx uses various providers, depending on the state.

Anthem has a lot of different plans. But I heard they are bad about not paying claims.

 

[vantexan]

Anthem has a lot of different plans. But I heard they are bad about not paying claims.

They were refusing to pay for a $7000 test that was part of my treatment after I had a artery blockage in 2011. I mentioned it here that they denied it twice and within a week got a letter from them saying they had decided to pay it. I think somebody with some clout saw my post.

 

[MassWineGuy]

Nationwide. No more Anthem.

 

[Star B]

Ugh. I liked Anthem, they were decent. UHC was OK..... but I'd rather have Anthem versus UHC anyday.

Now, if we could get rid of Cigna completely, I'd be totally OK with losing Anthem

 

[falcon back]

They were refusing to pay for a $7000 test that was part of my treatment after I had a artery blockage in 2011. I mentioned it here that they denied it twice and within a week got a letter from them saying they had decided to pay it. I think somebody with some clout saw my post.

I am sure your post here was the difference

 

[MassWineGuy]

I am sure your post here was the difference

Positively. No question about it.

 

[Damon77]

I heard bad things about Anthem, too. But I don't think they were awful.

The devil you know...

 

[fdxsux]

United Healthcare used to administer Fedex’s old plan in my neck of the woods. I never had any problems with them.

 

[MassWineGuy]

When a good plan administrator shows up, will someone please let me know?

 

[59 Dano]

They were refusing to pay for a $7000 test that was part of my treatment after I had a artery blockage in 2011. I mentioned it here that they denied it twice and within a week got a letter from them saying they had decided to pay it. I think somebody with some clout saw my post.

I bet that's exactly what happened!

 

[vantexan]

I bet that's exactly what happened!

I honestly thought that it was you who got it taken care of. But then I realized you have no clout!

 

[DriverNerd]

Now, if we could get rid of Cigna completely, I'd be totally OK with losing Anthem

My parents have Cigna through my father's work and I hear nothing but bad things. Constant complaining about how awful they are.

 

[MAKAVELI]

It's not the administrator that sucks, it's the self insured company that sucks..

 

[DeliveryException]

Anthem was terrible for my family. You have to jump through so many hoops and still get denied. At least with Cigna they would let the doctors office do the authorization unlike Anthem that made us deal with that.

We have more issues with OptumRX now just denying coverage for medications that are what they seem to consider too expensive and making them pre-authorization every month and deny on any number of procedural reasons to the point the doctors office or we just give up. I can understand a pain medication a little bit because of addiction possibilities but a cholesterol medication?