tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post2141236473737793343..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: For UHC, what's the matter with Iowa?Andrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-30013053178319529482016-05-01T08:22:58.154-04:002016-05-01T08:22:58.154-04:00Your "blogroll" is really an invaluable ...Your "blogroll" is really an invaluable service. You deserve a lot of credit for aggregating all those sources and grabbing their latest offerings.<br />Your article on UHC and Iowa had good data, however I think it spent too much time on pricing, at least for me.<br />What interests me is why UHC lost so much money on the exchanges, apparently over $1,000 a person per year.<br />I realize that claims data is proprietary, so I sure do not have the answer,<br />Did United get stuck with more premature babies, hep C cases, transplants, et al.??<br />Or did United just attract less healthy people because it was almost always a PPO and not an HMO?<br />United is considered a slow payer and even a deceitful payer by many providers, so I think we can say that generosity did not cause their losses.<br /><br />I help people choose insurance plans, and when I see Ambetter as the low price entity, I tell people that it is a very narrow HMO. Healthy people say "fine with me," but older people want to explore further.<br />Let me know your views on this.bob.hertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09686373408419885558noreply@blogger.com