Samaritan Health Plans has notified thousands of its Medicare customers in Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties that it will end its popular Advantage insurance plans at the end of the year.
In a letter received by its Advantage clients over the Labor Day weekend, Samaritan did not divulge its reasons for the change.
But in an emailed statement Wednesday to Lincoln Chronicle, Samaritan Health Plans chief executive officer Bruce Butler said the organization “has not been immune to nationwide challenges in health care.”…