RE: “I sell health insurance in California and many of my clients are saying much the same. Anthem Blue Cross has hit my clients with a 12% rate increase, which isn’t too horrible all things considered. As an agent, I have avoided offering Aetna. They have been in the state before and decided to pull out of all their policies at one time. They left a terrible mess. I vowed never to trust them again.”
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Thanks — my Aetna is thru the horrid AARP because they would underwrite people in the 50 - 65 age group where others were rejecting right and left. It’s a crummy policy and benefits aren’t great, and it costs me $501 per month NOW. Imagine how much it will go up, IF it stays in CA at all?
I tried to change from Aetna as they have raised rates each
year but was told by Anthem and others that the Aetna fee was ‘competitive’ — can you believe that?
I’m not really sickly at all but have a history of back and headache pain and pills that always dump me into the rejection pile. Aetna/AARP only looked back 5 years instead of 10 so I was OK with them.
Who would you suggest I try that serves my area? LA County of course has the highest premiums in the state.
This is one huge mess for all of us and the entire Obamacare needs to be tossed NOW.
At least I was able to cancel AARP membership as soon as Aetna started the policy. Aetna doesn’t care — just uses AARP to get the business.
Thanks again!
At our ages, there aren't a lot of good choices.
If you can deal with them, Kaiser has accepted a couple of my hard to place clients recently. Blue Shield, Health Net, and Pacificare are tougher. One never knows what underwriting will do until one apples.