Don't Panic - Part 3

Blog readers will already know the substance of the official message below (from Part 2) that will soon circulate by email - if it already hasn't:*

"You may be hearing that Anthem Blue Cross and UC’s health system are in negotiations to keep UC health care providers in the Anthem Blue Cross network when their current agreement expires on December 31, 2023. These negotiations do not affect the in-network availability of UC Health facilities and providers for UC-sponsored Anthem Blue Cross health plans. More specifically, the Anthem Blue Cross-UC Health negotiations do not apply to:

•       UC employees and retirees who have coverage through the UC Care, UC Health Savings and UC Core plans.
•       UC retirees who have coverage through a UC-sponsored Medicare Supplemental plan including High Option, Medicare PPO with Rx and Medicare PPO without Rx.
•       UC students with UC SHIP (Student Health Insurance Plan) coverage.
•       UC medical residents and medical school fellows in the Residents and Fellows Anthem Blue Cross PPO plan.

Rest assured your UC-sponsored plans are not impacted."

Of course, this reassurance will not help you with regard to the cost of the plans, as our other posting today discusses!

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*https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2023/10/dont-panic-part-2.html.