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Old 11-10-2022, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
I've had no problem with FloridaBlue. But I'm not on medicare, and my plan isn't one of their HMOs. I know they -have- HMO plans though. My FB plan is a PPO plan. No referrals necessary. Any pre-approvals are merely to determine how much of a procedure's cost is covered. Not to get permission to have the procedure at all.
It's an entirely different experience being dragged through FloridaBlue's Medicare decision-making time trials. With UHC you get an answer Pronto Pronto. With Fl Blue, it seems to be the decision will come in due time. I'm back at UHC and relieved and happy and apologetic that I ever left them. Boy talk about a bad decision.

My wife has another year to go until Medicare time so when I was going to enroll her in her FloridaBlue plan for 2023 what do you know, at the bottom of the list of providers UHC was there. Eureka finally my dream comes true. Not so fast. They don't cover any of The Villages Doctors or our Hospital which looks like Wayne Manor from Orange Blossom C.C. but is just about as inviting as a BatCave, ER-wise.