Merry A. K.
UHC Medicare website and benefits continue to disappoint
UHC Medicare Advantage allegedly pays a $10/mo reward if one walks at least ten times in that month (there is a minimum of how many steps one must take to count). Today, using my laptop and 28" monitor to log in, zero walks were shown for April. UHC's website directed me to log in using my phone app. (I previously filed an internal discrimination complaint with UHC for forcing me to use their app when I have vision problems; this is another violation vis a vis people with vision problems who have difficulty reading and writing on a cellphone). However, I succeeded in logging in using my phone and saw that my three walks so far were recorded. I then returned to my laptop to confirm, and can't log back onto the UHC site using my laptop. I tried repeatedly. There was no popup saying that they were having technical difficulties or anything like that. Today I also visited the OTC "store" to use up my quarterly OCT allowance. As usual, the inventory at the online store was bare and almost non-existent. This means if I want to make an OTC "purchase" with my points, I'll have to drive to a bricks and mortar business. I'm able to do this, but what about all the UHC members who are unable to do so? Many Medicare members (like me) are aged or disabled. In both instances, these are examples of problems with UHC where they offer rewards and benefits, but in real life, they don't seem to provide them. Although their services are better than they used to be, they're still awful. I gave up trying to get monthly rewards for walking several years ago - a $10 reward didn't begin to compensate me for having to call customer service every month to obtain rewards that should be uploaded from my iPhone and/or Apple watch automatically (or from a Garmin or other device). No wonder the UHC stock has been going downhill for months now and UHC is being investigated by the federal government. I only stick with my UHC Medicare Advantage plan because the benefits are better for me than with some of UHC's competitors. But I may reconsider next October! I could go on and on, as I have more gripes, but the above gripes are just from today's experience.

