Got this in email from United HealthsCare:
"All Savers will require notification from all groups at renewal, regardless of whether or not a plan change is being made."
AllSavers is UHC's latest rendition of group coverage. At renewal time, groups have several options: stay with the current (or similar) plan, change benefits, and/or shop around. Typically, a group has to respond only if it's going to make changes; absent an affirmative response to the contrary, the carrier will assume that the group wants to "let it ride."
Here, UHC is "requiring" that the group respond, regardless. To which I replied: "Or else what?"
No response is needed, of course, since they can huff and puff all they want, but they can't refuse to renew a group because said group didn't send them a form.
The good news is that this came via email, so all that was wasted were some relatively inexpensive pixels (and my time).
"All Savers will require notification from all groups at renewal, regardless of whether or not a plan change is being made."
AllSavers is UHC's latest rendition of group coverage. At renewal time, groups have several options: stay with the current (or similar) plan, change benefits, and/or shop around. Typically, a group has to respond only if it's going to make changes; absent an affirmative response to the contrary, the carrier will assume that the group wants to "let it ride."
Here, UHC is "requiring" that the group respond, regardless. To which I replied: "Or else what?"
No response is needed, of course, since they can huff and puff all they want, but they can't refuse to renew a group because said group didn't send them a form.
The good news is that this came via email, so all that was wasted were some relatively inexpensive pixels (and my time).
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