Michigan Medicine isn’t able to settle a contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan. That’s okay. The Blues cancelled the policy contract as of December 31, 3025 of which I subscribed. I did the math. My costs under this new contract, if I had the exact same costs as last year will cost me $7855.00 more in co-pays.
I have had The Blues all my life.
My family has had The Blues all their lives.
That increase is highway robbery in the face of lousy tactics with Michigan Medicine negotiations. The Blues were sending out opinion polls to their subscribers to find pickable points during negotiations.
Not only that, but for three years running The Blues have tried to send nurse practitioners to subscribers homes to gather information that was only in Private Doctor files. Then the nurse practitioners were to be Case Managers and advise subscribers in regard to medications, etc.
The practices are highly unethical.
I will be looking for new healthcare insurance on June 1st because of failed contract negotiations. My doctors come first!
The profits these companies are making are obscene. There needs to be stronger regulatory laws. When a major health care insurer can’t enter into a contract with the state’s premier university hospital because it isn’t profitable there is something very, very wrong.
