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elainegrey) wrote2024-03-09 04:33 pm
elainegrey) wrote2024-03-09 04:33 pm
Other things bugging me (justice, news, fina)
Stupid insurance battle between UNC Health and UnitedHealthcare. I wish i had a choice as to which i could ditch. Probably not a good use of time for me to be poking around, but i am tired of reading posts in the community about how greedy UNC Health is being. UHC seems to have plenty of contract negotiation battles on their hands, some of which sound familiar.
- University of Vermont contract ended 1 March 2024 https://www.portermedical.org/news/unitedhealthcare-commercial-contract-non-renewal/-- announced in Oct 2023 after a year of negotiations -- but then resolved with increases to the non-profit hospital system https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/unitedhealthcare-uvm-health-network-reach-new-contract/article_9ecc4a74-d272-11ee-a4ed-ffebc4b51f25.html
- Colombia & Greenville market - Prisma Health and UHC failed to reach an agreement to renew the UHC contract in 2024 https://www.wistv.com/2024/01/05/unitedhealthcare-patients-paying-out-of-pocket-services-prisma-no-agreement-reached/
- North Georgia didn't seem to think UHC was negotiating in good faith in March 2023 https://accesswdun.com/article/2023/3/1173671/nghs-unitedhealthcare-struggle-to-reach-agreement-as-contract-expiration-approaches1 *Last minute agreement with Phoenix Children's Hospital in June 2023 https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/phoenix-childrens-hospital-unitedhealthcare-negotiations-deadline-looms-families-wait-suspense
Google News search * unitedhealthcare contract negotiations past contract expiration date - 61 results * aetna contract negotiations past contract expiration date - 48 results * "blue cross" contract negotiations past contract expiration date - 41 results
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I'm so sorry.
We all know who loses most.