So they did reach an agreement. Might as well delete the threadOh look, another sensationalist MA hit piece. Sometimes networks change for Medicare Advantage. BREAKING NEWS! Call the police!
If the hospital (who is a private business, like any other) really cared, they would try to come to a deal, but they always play the "holier than thou" role.
They're just as much at fault as anyone else. This is also not a "new and unique challenge." I'm not sure if this lady is huffing paint, but this sometimes happens, and has always happened.
All the person will need to do it find another insurer that has the hospital in-network. Very simple.
Literally everyone in the country has health insurance that sometimes changes networks and such until they're on Medicare, but for some reason, as soon as you get on Medicare and it happens it's worthy of the same outrage as unaliving a baby in the middle of the street. These sensationalist pieces have gotten to ridiculously laughable levels.
Hospitals just don't like MA because they question them and their (many times) fraudulent practices. That's the real truth. Google "Medicare fraud hospital" and go see for yourself. They love original Medicare because there is no one policing it.
Also needs to be noted that United is staying in-network. See: "CORRECTION: Loyola Medicine and UnitedHealthcare reached an agreement June 28 to keep Loyola in-network. The patient below no longer is in danger of losing in-network access at Loyola."
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