UnitedHealthcare (UHC) is currently offering buyouts to employees in its benefits operations unit, with a deadline for acceptance by March 3
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News flash, I have been with Humana 15+ years. I have seen more layoffs than I can count, and also many 'voluntary retirement' opportunities, which is usually (not always) offered prior to RIFs. I have NEVER in my years seen Humana offer a 'buy out' option, meaning offering employees more than their severance would be if they got RIFd. So, if you get the same severance and no additional monetary incentive, what is the benefit to opt for the 'early retirement package'? If you accept, then unemployment is off the table. I believe UHC is offering an additional monetary incentive in addition to the associates' severance package, which would be great for employees ready to retire and opting in to the 'buy out' for the additional incentive.
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The problem is that the patients do not want to change any of their habits - healthy eating, exercise, etc. Humana nurses already do health coaching and have done for years. It is not very successful. They can't or won't cook and often can't afford healthy options anyway. It isnt that simple.
Hey why don’t we start pushing for ROOT cause of the skyrocketing medical costs? Let’s start pushing “health care” instead of “ sick care” Humana wants to cut cost this would help. Prevent these train wreck patients ( that the current system created) from becoming train wrecks! What a novel idea!
United leads the industry, it's only a matter of time until this hits Humana. And likely sooner than later with DOGE and the uncertainty with CMS.
I really foresee a bad time for employees and the company itself. Although, they will get help unlike us. Disease is skyrocketing in America due to processed/junk foods (metabolic diseases, which are also tied to a lot of other diseases like dementia and auto immune) and while the general public believes the pharm companies and that they can just take a pill/injection for it, reality is just now hitting the fan.
We are over polluted, over medicated and it is simply failing. The insurance companies will no longer be making a profit as disease rates sky rocket (just under 50 percent of young kids/teens are pre-diabetic) and they will pull their insurance and invest elsewhere.
The DOGE comment was a joke people. Lighten up, your lives must be miserable!
Here's to hoping, I want out
UHC following DOGEs lead!! Not a bad idea.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, for example, is offering buyouts to its nonunion employees as the health insurer tries to cut $285 million in administrative expenses this year as claims "skyrocket,