Comments on: Doctors Fight Back Against United Healthcare

By: Joe Lange

Joe Lange — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:10:45 +0000

I am currently working on a file involving United Health Life insurance and difficulties in getting them to pay a life claim. For reasons of lible and slander….I will not say anything unfavorable about United health Life…..but the facts tend to speak for themselves. I am 73…and working as an insurance consultant after having working for two pretty good insurance companies for 40 years. I am working now as a consumer advocate…..ONLY.

By: Colorado Health Insurance Insider » Wonky Health Affairs

Colorado Health Insurance Insider » Wonky Health Affairs — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:05:04 +0000

[...] Joe Paduda’s contribution about United Healthcare not helping consumers become better buyers in the consumer-directed health care system accompanies our article about the AMA fighting back against United. [...]

By: Health Affairs Blog

Health Affairs Blog — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:33:23 +0000

[...] Joe Paduda regales us on Managed Care Matters with the frustration of getting transparent cost information to make a “consumer-directed” decision. Matthew Holt calls for greater transparency from Kaiser Permanente on The Health Care Blog. United Healthcare is the target of Colorado Health Insurance Insider Jay Norris. And Julie Ferguson of Workers Comp Insider calls for better application of existing OSHA worker safety rules and oversight in the wake of the recent Texas BP disaster that killed 15 people and injured at least 180 others. [...]

By: John Fembup

John Fembup — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:31:40 +0000

You say that you “pointed out that the issue really isn’t about physician profits” which is fine, I guess. But please note that I was speaking only of physician incomes, not “physician profits”. I don’t have a problem with physicians profiting from what they do.

Anyway, thanks for pointing back to our respective posts – others who wish to read them can decide for themselves which makes more sense.