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A few UHC plans still have the Silver Sneakers, but the Advantage and Supplemental have been dropped. I talked with Silver Sneakers and the representative estimated that the cost to the insurance company was $20-$25 dollars per month per member. I'm ...
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UHC dropped Silver Sneakers for all programs, not just the Advantage plan. A least in my area.
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This is a classic example of the mushroom treatment - keep them in the dark and feed them a lot of s**t. This is strictly about money. Let's analyze their statement. There are lots of members in the program, the alternative plan has less locations, s...
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Are we being too hard on UHC?After all, they only make (as in profit) about a Billion dollars per month. And they only have $38 billion in the bank. (per SEC filing 10-Q for the third quarter 2018). And the top two executives only make $18 million e...
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The main reason I joined AARP was to prevent exactly what is happening, a business wants to make more money so they cut benefits and raise prices. So UHC thinks they will make more money and they don't care that many of their customers will be denied...
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A few UHC plans still have the Silver Sneakers, but the Advantage and Supplemental have been dropped. I talked with Silver Sneakers and the representative estimated that the cost to the insurance company was $20-$25 dollars per month per member. I'm ...
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UHC dropped Silver Sneakers for all programs, not just the Advantage plan. A least in my area.
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This is a classic example of the mushroom treatment - keep them in the dark and feed them a lot of s**t. This is strictly about money. Let's analyze their statement. There are lots of members in the program, the alternative plan has less locations, s...
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Are we being too hard on UHC?After all, they only make (as in profit) about a Billion dollars per month. And they only have $38 billion in the bank. (per SEC filing 10-Q for the third quarter 2018). And the top two executives only make $18 million e...
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The main reason I joined AARP was to prevent exactly what is happening, a business wants to make more money so they cut benefits and raise prices. So UHC thinks they will make more money and they don't care that many of their customers will be denied...
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A few UHC plans still have the Silver Sneakers, but the Advantage and Supplemental have been dropped. I talked with Silver Sneakers and the representative estimated that the cost to the insurance company was $20-$25 dollars per month per member. I'm ...
1
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1
Kudo
3184
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UHC dropped Silver Sneakers for all programs, not just the Advantage plan. A least in my area.
1
Reply
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5101
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This is a classic example of the mushroom treatment - keep them in the dark and feed them a lot of s**t. This is strictly about money. Let's analyze their statement. There are lots of members in the program, the alternative plan has less locations, s...
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Are we being too hard on UHC?After all, they only make (as in profit) about a Billion dollars per month. And they only have $38 billion in the bank. (per SEC filing 10-Q for the third quarter 2018). And the top two executives only make $18 million e...
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The main reason I joined AARP was to prevent exactly what is happening, a business wants to make more money so they cut benefits and raise prices. So UHC thinks they will make more money and they don't care that many of their customers will be denied...
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