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A nonprofit health insurance provider is providing premium payment discounts because of COVID-19, Bring Me the News reported.
UCare is able to offer relief to members because many members have not been using their health care services as much as usual during the pandemic, the news agency reported.
“We are concerned that our members – including older and more vulnerable members – are forgoing needed care at this time,” UCare President and CEO Mark Traynor said in a statement, the news agency reported. “As a result, we are adjusting coverage and costs to support members’ health. We want members to access essential care, and we are pleased to enhance providers’ ability to provide that care.”
For July and August, UCare is reducing its premium payments and removing copays for those whose primary care and mental health clinic services are through Medicare.
UCare has more than 42,000 members, as well as 101,000 Medicare members in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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