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Stargazer99

(3,640 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:16 PM 11 hrs ago

So United Health Care is getting more and more profits-what part of my warning about this did you not believe?

for profit business should never be involved in health care. Common sense or critical thinking would have told you that but brain washing will take care of that thinking for yourself

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So United Health Care is getting more and more profits-what part of my warning about this did you not believe? (Original Post) Stargazer99 11 hrs ago OP

Hence: the treatment of Luigi as a hero. Coventina 11 hrs ago #1

I apologize to you for ignoring your warning. Intractable 10 hrs ago #2

Our UHC supplemental insurance.... RussBLib 10 hrs ago #3

Same here. I'll be looking for another supplemental in October. Ritabert 9 hrs ago #7

I canceled their ass a few years ago after endless rate hikes on my supplemental Bengus81 10 hrs ago #4

Did you find anything more reasonable? Ritabert 9 hrs ago #8

Doctors are not innocent WSHazel 10 hrs ago #5

I'll be shopping around for another supplemental in October Ritabert 9 hrs ago #6

Coventina

(30,179 posts)

1. Hence: the treatment of Luigi as a hero.

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:21 PM

11 hrs ago

United Healthcare is a serial killer, but somehow, that's ok.

Because money and CEOs are more valuable than the life of peons like us.

Intractable

(2,676 posts)

2. I apologize to you for ignoring your warning.

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:26 PM

10 hrs ago

RussBLib

(10,884 posts)

3. Our UHC supplemental insurance....

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:49 PM

10 hrs ago

….just increased its monthly charge by ANOTHER 10%. This is the 3rd such increase over the last 3 years. We are fortunate and can afford it, but I know several people who are struggling to keep up with the increases.

We were paying $220/month for the wife and me when we joined the plan in 2020. It’s now up to $405/mo., an increase of 85% in 6 years.

Private business has sunk their talons so deeply into Medicare, I don’t know if we will ever be able to disentangle them from the trough.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

Ritabert

(2,957 posts)

7. Same here. I'll be looking for another supplemental in October.

Reply to RussBLib (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:53 PM

9 hrs ago

Bengus81

(10,755 posts)

4. I canceled their ass a few years ago after endless rate hikes on my supplemental

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:55 PM

10 hrs ago

insurance. Next on my list to shit can is their enabler AARP. I'm done with that Insurance Company who pretends to care about seniors.

Ritabert

(2,957 posts)

8. Did you find anything more reasonable?

Reply to Bengus81 (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:54 PM

9 hrs ago

I'm looking to dump UHC.

WSHazel

(991 posts)

5. Doctors are not innocent

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:22 PM

10 hrs ago

UNH had a rough year in 2025 because medical costs are skyrocketing. This is a complicated issue. I think doctors should share risk on patients, and not be rewarded for pointless tests.

Medicare for all would fail quickly because doctors would go nuts on billing. Value based care is the solution.

Ritabert

(2,957 posts)

6. I'll be shopping around for another supplemental in October

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:53 PM

9 hrs ago

UHC goes up 10% every year. I don't know if there's anything else out there.

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