Say it ain't so Mr. President: UnitedHealth???

[question everything]

The insurance company that is the poster company of what is wrong with our current system?

Paying $100 million a year! to its CEO, while squeezing providers and patients? OK, the new CEO is making "only" $34 million.

The one that was forced by Andrew Cuomo, while still AG, to fix its prices and reimburse patients who were overbilled?

And this corporation is going to fix the website for the ACA?

Sigh..

[MindMover]

1. I have said it before and I will say it again ....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3793666

[Myrina]

16. and you are still 100% correct.

[99th_Monkey]

2. What about United Health?

Do you mean United Healthcare Insurance Co. ?
an AARP "Medicare Complete" provider?

If so, do you have any links to the information you are eluding to?

I'm very interested because that's my plan now and i want to keep
up on the haps & issues that come up.

[DireStrike]

5. *alluding, "elude" is to escape

Good point though, op needs more references.

[99th_Monkey]

9. things spell checkers miss

thanks for straightening me out on my spelling.

but I still wish the op would provide linksy-poo.

[question everything]

12. Yes, the one being pushed by AARP

Here is from Daily Kos

United Health Care CEO salary plus stock options $109 million plus 99 million in stock options!!!! This was in 2009.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/18/1144561/-United-Health-Care-CEO-salary-plus-stock-options#

In 2012 it went down to "only" $34 million

http://apps.startribune.com/top_100_exec_comp/topCeoView.php

As for overbilling patients

AG Andrew Cuomo reins in health care giant United on price fixing; systemic overcharging revealed

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ag-andrew-cuomo-reins-health-care-giant-united-price-fixing-systemic-overcharging-revealed-article-1.424992#ixzz2iz6WMQIH

There are many CEOs that earn obscene compensation. But for a company that does not deliver health care, only pushing papers, this, to me, is unacceptable.

[JDPriestly]

3. Do you have a link for this information?

Did United do some of the work on the website to begin with?

[2naSalit]

4. This morning

Melissa Harris-Perry covered that over several segments of her program's first hour. Well worth the watch.

http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry#__utma=34328804.2552372.1352052839.1352052839.1352052839.1&__utmb=34328804.2.10.1352052839&__utmc=34328804&__utmx=-&__utmz=34328804.1352052839.1.1.utmcsr=%28direct%29|utmccn=%28direct%29|utmcmd=%28none%29&__utmv=-&__utmk=89456153


Sorry about the link size, not sure how else to import it.

[DireStrike]

6. You can use tinyurl

tinyurl.com

I've used it on your link: http://tinyurl.com/ptzla4p

[2naSalit]

8. Thank you! nt

[question everything]

13. See reply 12, above (nt)

[kaiden]

7. Right now, UnitedHealthCare is okay by me.

My husband was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma in March and UHC not only paid for all of his chemo, it also paid for his autologous bone marrow transplant because the entire process was considered "standard of care."

[question everything]

14. Sorry about your husband. Hope he is doing well

Obviously it has to cover health care that are in the contract. But for me, paying CEOs obscene mount of money not for delivering health care but for pushing paper is unacceptable.

As long as it works for you and your husband that just stay with them.

[cbayer]

10. You might object to them as a for profit corporation, but they've got their on-line

systems down pat and many years of experience with them.

Who else has that outside the for-profit healthcare sector?

[JDPriestly]

15. Kaiser is pretty good. I think they are doctor-owned. Not for-profit in the usual sense.

I could be wrong, but that is my understanding. Anyway, per Google finance, I find no listing on the stock exchange, so I assume they are not publicly traded on that.

[phleshdef]

11. Their developers obviously already understand the business of putting together a site like this.

So it makes perfect sense. When you want something done, find people who know it inside out and have them do it.

Your complaint here isn't very rational at all.