[Lazamataz]

I had United Health once. They were horrible.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

AARP has been nothing but an insurance marketing racket for as long as I can remember. RP is just now finding this out?

[jeffc]

I do not like that so many senior discounts (restaurants, hotels, etc.) require an AARP card for the discount. AARP can go fly a kite.

(I can't say what I really think...)

[COBOL2Java]

I love getting all those AARP mailers with a “free” ID card. My shredder gets hungry.

[PubliusMM]

AMAC...the conservative alternative to AARP.

[no-to-illegals]

Last year I asked a representative for a marketing firm …. Is there an insurance provider not utilizing call centers outside of the USA ? The answer shocked me … the answer of the representative of a marketing firm told me NO. Does anyone on this thread know of an insurance provider NOT Using Call Centers outside of USA ?

[RoosterRedux]

Non-profit organizations (whether charitable, religious, community-service, or other) are each vulnerable to their internal bureaucracy's interests when they reach a certain size. They morph into something different...they take on a life of their own and forget about their original intentions.

It's similar to (but not precisely like) the old saying, "When you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember that your objective was to drain the swamp."

All large and growing organizations have their own internal alligators who want to increase their power and make more money...and to hell with the original objective.

[fruser1]

You know they’re a fraud for their support of commie care.

They lauded the benefits of socialized medicine as a great advantage for seniors.

However, they forgot to mention that under socialized medicine, there is rationing.

And guess what age group is the first to have treatment rationed away from them...

And what most people don’t understand is that in socialized systems, you can’t even get procedures outside the system by paying cash (unless you leave the country).

Socialized medicine is simply “soft” euthanasia for seniors.

[inchworm]

American Association of Retired Progressives

[gattaca]

ping for later

[Zathras]

SEIU bought United Healthcare.
SEIU wrote Obamacare.
This should tell you all you need to know.

[TomGuy]

I joined AARP-UHC several years ago as my Medicare Advantage.

In the spring around March or April, UHC dropped most of the physicians [including my PCP] and medical centers as they renegotiated their contracts -- for that current year. Several months passed before they sent me notice of my new PCP.

Luckily, I was seeing my PCP quarterly for general blood labs and my prescriptions were quarterly, so I did not have to see the new PCP.

Finally, about October, they settled on a new contract. They did offer retro coverage, for those who needed it.

The next MA enrollment period I dropped them like they dropped me. Never again will I select AARP-UHC, as long as there is an alternative.

Aetna MA has been very good and I have been with them since and will continue with them for 2024.

[Sequoyah101]

In Oklahoma United is the only non-advantage plan available offering group rates instead of age based rates. The divide and conquer strategy of insurance makes this the case since Oklahoma is a small market. More regulatory nonsense to the advantage of the sellers.

I have considered advantage and still do but for now I have to stick with what I have, united.

The whole mess is far to complex. Here are some factors though some may dispute them they are as near to the facts as I can determine:

Advantage is not transportable across state lines without penalty. Our nearest facilities are 25 miles away across the state line or 100 miles away to something in state worth mention.

When you enroll you are automatically eligible for part G with United but once you leave you are subject to underwriting and may not be able to go back

You can go to advantage any time during open enrollment but you still are subject to under writing if you try to go back to part G.

There has to be a catch to advantage, they push it too hard though I know people with it who do OK but they are also in the disadvantaged class. If you have money it costs more. Most medical care seems to be worthless anyway.

Not the best in the world, just the most expensive.

[NetAddicted]

Read later.

[Georgia Girl 2]

AARP is an arm of the Democrat party.

[moovova]

I don’t care because I burned the AARP bridge long ago. May they rot in Hell.

[jimtorr]

AARP-UHC has been my best option for medicare insurance here in my rural Oregon county. Not Anymore!

The local medical groups are ending their contracts with UHC, and they will no longer be in the UHC network beginning next year. UHC is difficult for providers to deal with, arguing about every penny, and very particular about how claims are worded.

Now, the next best insurance company plans for Medicare Advantage is Aetna, but none of my providers accept Aetna for Medicare-type plans.

That leaves the third best, Humana.