In my opinion it comes down to a few factors: The American diet (poor quality food being the affordable food). Lawyers who exist to sue everything that moves, especially health care providers. Artificial barriers (ever longer degree... — read more 

Will such a plan be bad or good for Elevance Health? It might encourage people between 50 and 64 to retire earlier than planned since they would have medical insurance coverage. That would mean losses for our commercial group business. At the same... — read more 

A few more of these and it will counteract the 50M spent on the rebrand to try and hide all their bad publicity. https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-expands-access-mental-health-and-substance-use-disorder

Anyone in hampton roads impacted by Sentara leaving Anthem? My home is surrounded by sentara hospitals and We rely on sentara labs, ER and even for any procedure. I dont see any hospitals even around 20mile radius and we need prepare for any... — read more 

Sharing some of my observations and experiences in the Carelon care navigation and BH divisions. Seems to be almost weekly changes in leadership, monthly shifts in priority initiatives. The actual goals and objectives are obvious: Find ways to... — read more 

For the associates who are later in their career, you probably make too much money to qualify for a Life Essential Kit, you don't need fertility coverage, you don't need child care, you've completed your education, and you bought a house, what... — read more 

Do you think these Transforming Out Culture email announcements are a little tone deaf as they just riffed a bunch of people yesterday? It’s like stay consistent while we constantly riff. They talk about integrity when they have none

https://straussborrelli.com/2026/09/21/elevance-health-warn-act-investigation/

Curious to see how big of a layoff today was or if it was more targeted.

I just want to see someone say it and mean it so I can laugh. I don't know anyone who'd say this with a straight face anymore but I feel like I met find someone here. Please, I just want to read a heartfelt: "AI is such a fraud and nothing has... — read more 

I only wish that meant our chances of layoffs were dropping, but I know that couldn't be further from the truth.

Anyone have a random short meeting pop up for tomorrow?

Maybe Elevance should just increase merits to account for COL increases instead of asking other associates to help pay other associates bills. The timing of this is suspicious considering the huge increases in Health Insurance premiums. Elevance... — read more 

Anyone have any details? Please share

HSA HDHP is 22% more money out of my paycheck compared to last year. HSA HDHP $600 company contribution hasn't increased for at least a decade. Industry standard is over $700 for HSA HDHP's for anyone....and $600 is what they offer their own... — read more 

My team lost people who meant a lot to me in the last round, and now I'm left trying to manage the fallout. I'm struggling with the stress and can't stop wondering why I was one of the ones who stayed.

Does anyone have insight what they are planning for Oakley Station Pulse Point? If they close it, any advice on how to avoid being forced way up to Mason which is significantly further from Cincinnati?

Are OH offices closing? Are they moving more people into Mason? Anything on the Columbus office?

My director level manager has no management or relevant experience and is essentially an AI bot. Every question is answered by AI. Every meeting they are using what I suspect is Teams live captions to copy text and put it in AI and I’m then read an... — read more 

Getting bad vibes out of the corporate Carelon office and the riff rumors have been making their rounds. Is anyone willing to share information as to timing and/or who may be impacted?

I’m assuming people with the moral code of the ELT were probably pirates or slavers in those days.

The irony of working for one of the largest health insurance companies in America while watching our own healthcare benefits become more restrictive is unbelievable. With our 2027 medical benefits, Anthem/Elevance Health is directing employees... — read more 

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https://staging.elkford.ca/mass-layoffs-loom-over-elevance-health-as-industry-faces-turmoil

I find it interesting the level of underestimating the overall workforce. We are vastly not as stupid as they think we are - we are capable of meeting a metric, appearing to be compliant while doing the bare minimum. We have no interest in helping... — read more 

Listening to this time-wasting town hall meeting and this CFO talking about making $50 billion-plus per quarter—and yet they can’t even give us an extra dollar for bonuses or raises. When you ask why, the simple answer is that we don’t have a budget... — read more 

Just wanted to share my overwhelming sense of relief and joy that Dr. Phil's old set has found a new home. Love this format so much!

Who can employees contact about possibly starting up a union where they work in the Health Insurance Industry? Employees in the health insurance industry working for private-sector companies can contact the Emergency Workplace Organizing... — read more 

Anyone find it odd that open enrollment starts on November 2nd and we won’t even be able to see what the options are until OcT 26? Also- if your zip code is within ten miles of a “marathon health” clinic and you don’t go there- your copay will be at... — read more 

I got an email this morning that was sent to “Select E3 Employees” saying “Building Our Skills for What’s Next” and it goes on to say we have to take a mandatory training (that’s personalized to our role) by end of November….geared around shaping... — read more 

Constant changes to processes, technologies, and rules as a result of short sighted leaders.

I would be an antiques dealer.

Inflation is up 3.7% and Social security recipients will get a 3.6% increase. If you make it past the cut, prepare for another cut when you get a merit increase that doesn’t match inflation.

My area was just reorged again for the 8th time. There were two D1s, myself and another reporting to avp. That other was moved up the org chart and I was moved down. In the shift, I heard “he moved to support the 7x7 framework”. If he was moved up... — read more 

My team is full of horrible people and they genuinely are impossibly difficult to work with. Is there any benefit to giving them a low grade on peer feedback for review season? I don’t expect much will change, but I want them to receive a lower bonus... — read more 

Nothing confirmed, of course, but the rumors about November and December are making their way around. People keep saying that strong performance is the best protection, but after everything we've watched happen in the recent rounds, I'm not sure... — read more 

Former coworker who got let go due to a RIF applied for a position and got the interview with HR….then few weeks later got text to set up panel interview Day after that he noticed the same exact job was reposted (same job number and they were only... — read more 

My role is being eliminated. I see some possibility of moving to Carelon (US). Should I move? I heard things are a little more stable there