Lakeland Regional’s battle with United Healthcare
Regarding the article “Patients scramble as plans change” [Dec. 27], the article does not mention some ongoing insurance issues with local Lakeland health care providers.
One is currently ongoing between United Healthcare and Lakeland Regional Health.
Many of us who have UHC insurance received letters and e-mail messages from both UHC and LRH informing that LRH may no longer be in network for UHC after October 2026. Therefore some of us with UHC Medicare Advantage plans were forced to change to a new insurer’s Medicare Advantage plan for 2026 because there is no guarantee that our LRH doctors will be covered by a UHC plan for the last quarter of 2026…