Any "Latest & Greatest about Delta?" Part 2
04-16-2026 | 05:57 PM
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Well it appears the best providers in my area are dropping UHC. They cited the "inability to reach an agreement with them"
So now, I'm left with paying for insurance that pretty much can't be used in my area unless you want to go to the absolutely worst providers. My wife is presently undergoing cancer treatment, so her doctors notified us we have until June 1st to find another "provider". These are doctors that have been with her and treated her for the course of her cancer "journey". Now we have to pull chocks and go look elsewhere right in the middle of her treatment. Our health care sucks, it's a national disgrace this happens. I'm not going political here just stating that this insurance BS has got to stop.
I'm not sure what insurance I'm going to get as I am sure as he!! not setting her up with the far below sub standard practices in our area that still accept UHC. This is totally unacceptable for a fortune 100 company. I filled out my "survey" BTW and made sure to mention this. Unacceptable. Totally. Unacceptable. DALPA needs to get someone else for our DPMP. UHC is unacceptable.
So now, I'm left with paying for insurance that pretty much can't be used in my area unless you want to go to the absolutely worst providers. My wife is presently undergoing cancer treatment, so her doctors notified us we have until June 1st to find another "provider". These are doctors that have been with her and treated her for the course of her cancer "journey". Now we have to pull chocks and go look elsewhere right in the middle of her treatment. Our health care sucks, it's a national disgrace this happens. I'm not going political here just stating that this insurance BS has got to stop.
I'm not sure what insurance I'm going to get as I am sure as he!! not setting her up with the far below sub standard practices in our area that still accept UHC. This is totally unacceptable for a fortune 100 company. I filled out my "survey" BTW and made sure to mention this. Unacceptable. Totally. Unacceptable. DALPA needs to get someone else for our DPMP. UHC is unacceptable.
Meanwhile DALPA is looking to give away our greatest piece of leverage for a “limited” agreement that leaves that issue, as well as dozens of other contractual items that need improvement, completely untouched.
I wish your wife a speedy recovery.
04-16-2026 | 06:29 PM
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DL Healthcare is atrocious. Sorry you are dealing with this HK.
If my wife had her brain tumor after I retired from the reserves and was on DL health "care" she probably would have died. We fight UMR over everything. My shoulder won't ever be better than 80% or so because UMR delayed my surgery so long it has a lot of extra damage.
If my wife had her brain tumor after I retired from the reserves and was on DL health "care" she probably would have died. We fight UMR over everything. My shoulder won't ever be better than 80% or so because UMR delayed my surgery so long it has a lot of extra damage.
04-16-2026 | 09:14 PM
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From: Pilot
Well it appears the best providers in my area are dropping UHC. They cited the "inability to reach an agreement with them"
So now, I'm left with paying for insurance that pretty much can't be used in my area unless you want to go to the absolutely worst providers. My wife is presently undergoing cancer treatment, so her doctors notified us we have until June 1st to find another "provider". These are doctors that have been with her and treated her for the course of her cancer "journey". Now we have to pull chocks and go look elsewhere right in the middle of her treatment. Our health care sucks, it's a national disgrace this happens. I'm not going political here just stating that this insurance BS has got to stop.
I'm not sure what insurance I'm going to get as I am sure as he!! not setting her up with the far below sub standard practices in our area that still accept UHC. This is totally unacceptable for a fortune 100 company. I filled out my "survey" BTW and made sure to mention this. Unacceptable. Totally. Unacceptable. DALPA needs to get someone else for our DPMP. UHC is unacceptable.
So now, I'm left with paying for insurance that pretty much can't be used in my area unless you want to go to the absolutely worst providers. My wife is presently undergoing cancer treatment, so her doctors notified us we have until June 1st to find another "provider". These are doctors that have been with her and treated her for the course of her cancer "journey". Now we have to pull chocks and go look elsewhere right in the middle of her treatment. Our health care sucks, it's a national disgrace this happens. I'm not going political here just stating that this insurance BS has got to stop.
I'm not sure what insurance I'm going to get as I am sure as he!! not setting her up with the far below sub standard practices in our area that still accept UHC. This is totally unacceptable for a fortune 100 company. I filled out my "survey" BTW and made sure to mention this. Unacceptable. Totally. Unacceptable. DALPA needs to get someone else for our DPMP. UHC is unacceptable.
04-17-2026 | 04:43 AM
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No idea about the specifics in your area, but where I live UHC and our main hospital system go through this every 4-5 years when they renew their contract. Each side hems and haws for a while, and yes sometimes UHC/UMR is dropped, but at least so far each time it has been temporary and they’ve always reached a new agreement. Hopefully in your case it’s the same thing and this is all just posturing for a final deal.
04-17-2026 | 05:45 AM
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I think at one point UHC was dropped for almost 3 months before both sides came back to the table to get a deal done. Again I have no idea about the specifics of your system but I just wanted to offer a glimmer of hope for this to not be permanent. It’d be interesting to see data on how many times a hospital system drops an insurer and never brings them back on.
04-17-2026 | 07:05 AM
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We're on my wife's insurance now because our DL insurance is so bad she just refused to deal with it anymore. The last straw was when the main provider in our area (who also runs damn near every clinic/office in the state in one way or another) dropped UHC. They were able to come to an agreement in the eleventh hour but it was one last shot across the bow that we decided to take heed of.
It boggles my mind that I had better insurance at the non-sked I flew for before coming here. I can't imagine having to deal with it in your situation, HK. It was most definitely on my survey.
It boggles my mind that I had better insurance at the non-sked I flew for before coming here. I can't imagine having to deal with it in your situation, HK. It was most definitely on my survey.
04-17-2026 | 07:32 AM
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Not sure which state you live in, but are there any laws that allow you to continue care with the doctors you've been working with at your previous rates? Some health care providers also allow you to negotiate self-pay rates that may be close to what you were paying or at least lower than Out-of Network costs.
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