United Healthcare Oxford Medicare Advantage Denies Coverage
July 18, 2010 - 6:23 pm
ABC NEWS/GOOD MORNING AMERICA:
Senior With Fractured Back Battles UnitedHealthcare Oxford Health Insurance Company Medicare Advantage Plan
GMA segment shows UnitedHealthcare/Oxford’s Medicare Advantage Plan would not authorize woman’s care due to alleged age discrimination.
Audit shows Medicare Advantage providers with backlogs of unanswered patient complaints, plans that improperly denied claims, and concerns about marketing practices which do not follow government guidelines.
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July 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
No shit. Tell that …
No shit. Tell that to the stockholders and all the people that earn a living from those “evil” insurance companies.
July 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Hey moron…
The …
Hey moron…
The insurance companies operate on a 2.2 percent profit margin, hardly the “money grubbing” people you like to portray them as, but I’ll bet you didn’t know that. Also you dickhead, medicare denies coverage more than all the private companies COMBINED.
And do you somehow think in your little pea brain that the government is going to do it better????? Its only going to get WORSE.
July 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Another example of …
Another example of greedy, money-grubby insurance companies. Don’t give up your Medicare benefits. Believe it or not, Medicare, a GOVERMENT run program is better than private, profit driven insurance that cares about only ONE thing – making money.
July 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Somehow, insurance …
Somehow, insurance companies have paying premiums mixed up with paying for chips at the casino. It’s a game against the odds. THE HOUSE NEVER LOSES!!
July 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Google: Medicare …
Google: Medicare advantage windfall for private insurance companies
Click on the 1st non sponsored link from familiesusa.
From the site:
Today, Medicare Advantage plans are paid more than ever…
…This has resulted in billions of taxpayer dollars being spent on private coverage without any of the promised efficiency. Meanwhile, millions of seniors and people with disabilities who rely on traditional Medicare are paying extra money out of their own pockets to subsidize these plans.
July 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
And I thought …
And I thought Humana was bad….damn
July 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
1. every …
1. every person in that whole company.
2. What happened with the racially charged fight?
July 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
I HATE united HC!!! …
I HATE united HC!!!! They are the worst inurance company and rip you off big time!! They are disgusting!!
July 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
those …
those motherfuckers. i hate them. they make you beg and precertify for your meds too. a yeast pill needs precertification. I wish they would all burn in hell
July 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Now UHC is dropping …
Now UHC is dropping NEEDED prescription medication—We pay into this this bullshit system, we should get coverage!!! The premiums go UP, the coverage goes DOWN. Wake up people, you are getting fleeced!!! Do you know what else continues to go UP!! UHC’s CEOs salary. How do you like those apples???
Keep defending corporate welfare—damn sheep.
July 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
most seniors in …
most seniors in hospitals are out of shape, poor diets and burden hospitals. why should middle aged people subsidize out of shape, old people who ate fried chicken 30 years and now can’t even walk striaght up!