



There are many frequently heard of large insurance carriers out there, including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, Aetna, Coventry and UnitedHealthcare Inc. Customers looking for health insurance have many options. What they may not know is that a large insurance carrier like UnitedHealthcare Inc. also has other divisions and branches that offer insurance policies also.
UnitedHealthcare Inc. has health insurance policies that are underwritten by other smaller divisions, such as PacifiCare and Golden Rule. They are still a part of UnitedHealthcare Inc. Therefore, members of those companies also use the large UnitedHealthcare Inc. physician and provider network. UnitedHealthcare Inc. itself is part of UnitedHealthGroup. This is the way corporations work nowadays.
So when researching health insurance options, customers may be at the web site for UnitedHealthcare Inc., and then get redirected to another web site, for what looks like a different company. Rest assured that you are probably still looking at the same information as UnitedHealthcare Inc. The different divisions of UnitedHealthcare Inc. serve different regions. Ohio and Texas have different companies that do the underwriting of health insurance policies for UnitedHealthcare Inc.
UnitedHealthcare Inc. has an excellent reputation for quick claims processing and excellent customer satisfaction in surveys. UnitedHealthcare Inc. consistently ranks high as an insurance provider. So many customers specifically want their health insurance policies to come from UnitedHealthcare Inc. Therefore, when they see that they have been redirected to the web site for Golden Rule Insurance Company, they may panic, thinking they are dealing with a different insurance carrier. But rest assured that it is still UnitedHealthcare Inc.
UnitedHealthcare Inc. offers health insurance services to businesses, as well as individuals. They also work well with providers and physicians who are interested in being a part of their network. UnitedHealthcare Inc. also makes valuable donations and contributions to the community as needed. UnitedHealthcare Inc. recently donated financially to Haiti, after the recent disasters there. UnitedHealthcare Inc. also is working with the Red Cross to see what else they can do to help the people of Haiti.
UnitedHealthcare Inc. has helped schools by providing the means to build playgrounds to help students improve their physical fitness. UnitedHealthcare Inc. is committed to helping the Latino United States population have access to health insurance and has developed several programs to improve the access they have to health and wellness information. UnitedHealthcare Inc. is a member of the American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program. UnitedHealthcare Inc. provides continued support to critical relief efforts, not just the current Haiti situation.
Summary: UnitedHealthcare Inc. is a leader in the health and wellness industry, although sometimes UnitedHealthcare Inc. has different divisions in different regions providing the same services.