UnitedHealth Unapproves Surgery From 2 Years Ago, Wants $7700 Back

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:23 AM EDT

Article Source: Consumerist

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United Health Care, not content with merely denying life saving cancer procedures or refusing to pay for basic (covered!) checkups, took things to a new level by retroactively un-approving procedures they paid for in 2005. They sent reader Suzanne a letter and a bill for $7700, claiming the pay-out was an "administrative error", and she needed to pay up. Check out the details, inside.

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