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Talk of the Bay
United's dispute, rates drive away policy holder
By KRIS HUNDLEY
Published October 9, 2006
United HealthCare has said it can't come to terms with HCA hospitals in West Florida because it wants to protect its members from big rate increases. Kevin Gallagher doesn't believe it. Gallagher, a 46-year-old real estate agent in Seminole, has had a United group policy for himself and his wife for several years. He just got a notice saying his premiums were going up 35 percent effective Nov. 1. That's far and away the biggest increase he's seen, and it wasn't triggered by any unusual claims, Gallagher said. "I'd be paying $1,443 a month for the two of us," he said. "And now they're telling me the HCA hospitals won't be in the network. Let me just say we're shopping."
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