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KatK

(224 posts)
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 09:56 AM Monday

Drop AARP now - they are a shill for UnitedHealthcare [View all]

One easy action: Drop your AARP membership and let them know why on their Facebook page (leave comment on a post), Instagram, or (if you still use it) X,

Why?

"UnitedHealthcare has the worst record among all large insurers in denying necessary medical care to its subscribers.The data confirm what far too many patients experience. In 2023, UnitedHealth’s denial rate of claims was 32 percent, compared to an industry average of 16 percent. Nonprofits had a far better record than for-profits.

...

Why on earth would consumers buy such a flawed insurance product? It helps if they are captive customers, steered to UnitedHealth by a trusted source.

That would be AARP.

AARP has just under 38 million members. But AARP is basically an insurance marketing scheme masquerading as an advocacy group for the elderly.

For 27 years, UnitedHealth has been the co-branded choice of AARP. If you are looking for a supplemental policy to conventional Medicare, or a Medicare Advantage product, or a Medicare drug insurance policy, AARP will steer you to UnitedHealth. And only to UnitedHealth."


Read Robert Kuttner's Dec 11 article How AARP Shills for UnitedHealthcare

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No thank-you. I am NOT on their advantage care plans, and have absolutely no issues with them. Why would I cut my JohnSJ Monday #1
UHC, though, is the worst offender by a large margin. Scrivener7 Monday #3
Not if you are on a Medicare Supplemental Plan. If Medicare approves a procedure or visit, they MUST cover it. It is JohnSJ Monday #6
Yep Yonnie3 Monday #17
Mutual of Omaha Henry203 Monday #28
However the denial stats for UHC under moniss Monday #19
That may be, but Advantage Plans in general are where the problem is, and going after one insurer will NOT fix the JohnSJ Monday #36
However the issue is not just the insurer moniss Monday #41
Almost half of seniors DownriverDem Monday #30
Can't drop what I never picked up. Voltaire2 Monday #2
AARP has th best denatl Henry203 Monday #27
I sent them a SHAME letter about "The Donut Hole" young_at_heart Monday #4
What's a better supplemental plan? Ritabert Monday #5
Exactly. No supplemental plan can deny coverage if Medicare says it is covered. Advantage Plans allow the insurance JohnSJ Monday #7
Good point. Ritabert Monday #15
I have Physicians Mutual through Plan G QED Monday #8
Thanks. I'll look into it next October Ritabert Monday #13
Mutual of Omaha has the best price Henry203 Monday #25
Thanks I'll check it out. UHC isn't cheap. Ritabert Monday #40
USAA.com has a very good supplemental. erronis Monday #12
They are all the same Henry203 Monday #24
There are different plans, identified by letters. Plans with the same letters spooky3 Monday #31
I did the research Henry203 Monday #33
My point is that your posts that "the plans are all the same" spooky3 Monday #34
Mutual of Omaha Henry203 Monday #26
Supplemental plans are identical. It doesn't matter who you buy them from, Ms. Toad Monday #39
What Robert Kuttner should be talking about is the problem with Medicare Advantage Plans or HMO's, because JohnSJ Monday #9
And not only that! AKwannabe Monday #10
AARP does delta dfental Henry203 Monday #23
I had a sub... 2naSalit Monday #11
I have not had any problems whatsoever with United HealthCare. milestogo Monday #14
Don't have United Healthcare DownriverDem Monday #16
UnitedHealth has long been known for its cruel policies. summer_in_TX Monday #18
This is a known Figarosmom Monday #20
I dropped AARP Linda ladeewolf Monday #21
AARP also does delta dental Henry203 Monday #22
In both Ohio (two years ago, 15 years ago) and Nebraska (30 years ago) Ms. Toad Monday #38
United Health owns AARP Mblaze Monday #29
never joined. barbtries Monday #32
No thanks. We have both an AARP membership and a UHC health insurance plan through ACA. Happy kelly1mm Monday #35
In every jurisdiction I've checked, their Supplemental Plan is the best available Ms. Toad Monday #37
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