Aetna vs Anthem

I have had Aetna Insurance as the secondary insurance to my Medicare since retiring 10 years ago and have always liked the way they deal with claims and the cost that I have to pay and especially their drug prescriptions payments. I know that I will keep them as they have good to me even when I have a customer service question.

Aetna has been a nightmare to work with!! For the past 7 months we have been on countless phone calls, received the run- around, assured everything is being taken care of just to receive notifications to contact them again. It has been nothing but frustrating!! If we ever have the opportunity, we will drop this coverage in a heartbeat. Anthem Bluecross/Blueshield puts this company to shame. Extremely disappointed and tired of dealing with them!

They will not pay for a flu shot if you get it at a pharmacy. You must go to your doctor's office if you want Anthem to pay for it. My local doctor does not have it so I would have to drive some distance to another doctor and I would have to make an appointment. Forget it. I paid for it out-of-pocket. By making it so difficult, they are not encouraging patients to get a flu shot. It's a ridiculous requirement. Flu shots are much less costly than being treated for the flu. I guess they don't see it that way.

They are in fact, the worst insurance company I've ever dealt with. All they do is deny claims ,approvals and procedures. Like everyone says, it ain't worth the amount a person has to pay for plan. Better off saving your money and just paying bills, because there sure and hell ain't going to. There is no insurance involved, it's a huge scam on the pour souls of hard working American familys .next week I'll be cancelling my so called (Insurance Coverage)!!