Anthem

I've been a business owner for 20+ years and understand the importance of customer service. I honestly don't believe I've dealt with worse service. First, they deny a prescription that should have been quickly approved. They require my doctor to submit additional paperwork which was done immediately. After hearing nothing for several days, I called. That's where the fun began. First, HORRIBLE automated system that seems designed to annoy you into hanging up. If you can last, you get a person that literally knows nothing. I wasted almost 3 hours trying to get a simple answer. I was transferred 10 times (literally) and ended up back where I started.

Finally, someone told me they would get my prescription reviewed and it should be approved the next day. They were supposed to call. Instead, I waited until the afternoon, and I called back. After only 3 transfers and 1 hang up, I was told - "We made the decision at 10 this morning. It can't be approved until we get more paperwork from your doctor!" If people had options, they would have exactly zero customer/members. Terrible experience.

My company has an ongoing issue with Anthem retracting claims payments. After five months of weekly calls to Anthem along with email and phone complaints to higher ups, I was connected with a person who listened and help with our problematic claims. During that time, I was asked to provide the same information multiple times, and then representatives would advise they needed to review the information with supervisors. This turned into a five month fiasco because the reps weren't collecting information or calling back. The woman that finally assisted explained that this was a dropped ball by customer service, and the company was going to use this scenario as a training tool to improve claims service.

About a month and a half later, I have another similar problem. I've attempted to get help for the past three weeks. My contact doesn't call back as promised until I've called her (after patiently waiting five business days on two separate occasions) or I've called to ask for a supervisor. I've had to begin taking my issues to the same higher ups again.

It is extremely difficult to get help from this company. I deal with UHC and Medicare on a regular basis, and I've yet to experience the level of rudeness and apathy with them as I've experienced with Anthem. My contact returned a call to me today after I requested to speak with a supervisor. She said to me, "Here you are asking for a supervisor when I thought we had a working relationship." My response was, "I thought we did too, but you aren't returning my calls or providing me any information after three weeks." She didn't have a response to that. I worked in a customer service call center for over ten years, and I know it's a tough job, but this level of non-service is unacceptable and clearly a pattern with Anthem.

I had been with Anthem for many years. Each year, I am sent the renewal notice, with less coverage, higher deductibles and increased cost. I opted to stay with the same coverage for 2017-18 and was sent my welcome letter. My account is set for auto pay for the monthly premiums. In March 2017, when filling a prescription, I was told my coverage was canceled. This is the 2nd time they have done this, the 1st being Sept 2016, and they reinstated my coverage after 6 weeks and apologized. I was told to send in any receipts, where they would reimburse me. It took me a long time to fill out the difficult forms necessary. I received 6 pages of paperback, no check, stating they applied these amounts to my 2016 deductible. The were to reimburse the portion I paid where I was covered.

This time I was canceled, they told me someone would be contacting me back in 4-5 days. I received no call, no mail, no email! It takes over an hour each time I phone in to reach someone. After 20 days, when finally able to reach them, they said this case was resolved 10 days ago. No contact had been made, despite me leaving them my work and cell numbers. Meanwhile, I still had no coverage, and no contact by mail, phone, or email from anyone at Anthem. After over 2 months of trying to get an answer as to why I was canceled, I have just learned yesterday, by means of the online Message Center, where you are not able to respond to any of their messages.

They attached a bogus letter from December 2016, stating because I have moved out of the service area (PS. I have not moved or tried to) they were canceling me, and I had 60 days to obtain new coverage. Since I am just seeing this letter for the 1st time, it is out of the 60 day period, where I am unable to get insurance through the open market. I am furious. I expected the to reinstated, as they had done so before. When attempting to get short term coverage today, they were able to put me on a 3way with Anthem. They told the agent, I was sent letters of the cancellation 4 times. I never received 1, and have maintained the same address, the same email throughout my coverage.

I am so angry. They deserve to be sued. They are illegally manufacturing false documents, at the expense of people's lives. Over $16,000 a year, and this is what you get! I will do my due diligence to let every consumer know, they are a horrible company, with terrible customer service and deceptive practices. They should be sued, and hopefully someone has the time and means to do this.

I signed up for Anthem in Oct. 2016 for 87.26 a month (a bare minimum of coverage, but all I could afford). They billed me at that rate for the first month, then raised the premium to $250 a month with no warning, no explanation and no additional coverage offered. That was January. This is May. I can't even get them to cancel my policy without a huge hassle. Run, don't walk away from Anthem. And check out their Yelp reviews. One star. Worst possible rating for customer service.

I'm a dialysis patient. I go to dialysis 3 times a week. I have to be there on time and I have them set my ride. Since they switch ride companies I been going late or not even going to dialysis because they come 1-3 hours late and my spot would be over. I have to be there on time because I'm morning shift. If I'm late it makes others late so they can't make others late. I guess I'm slowly dying because of my plan's ride assistance not taking me to dialysis at all. I'm only 30 and I was working to get a new kidney transplant but I can't because My health is poor due to Blue Cross Anthem Logistic care rides. I just look for a lawsuit because this been going for a month with many calls to them telling them to switch my ride company. They just call around with no change at all.

I had a Rx for ** under UHC, Anthem BCBS just told me they will never, ever cover it nor any equivalent. I'm going back. Oh, and BTW -- their "dental insurance" only cover $24 for a routine cleaning. $24? Yeah, good luck with that. This insurance is bull crap!

Due to Emerson selling a portion of its business to Vertiv, my husband was forced to accept Anthem BCBS. We pay $170 every 2 weeks, as of 4/6/17 they still cover NOTHING. They only credit your deductible with "in-network" allowed amount, but leave US on the hook for the entire billed amount. How is that even LEGAL. We weren't even AWARE that our 100% out of pocket prescription costs, are a SEPARATE deductible all together and doesn't count toward the medical insurance EVEN THOUGH THAT'S HOW IT WAS PRESENTED ON PAPER. Thanks to the CURRENT ACA LAWS, we are unable to purchase secondary health insurance so our medical bills are crippling us.

The WORST thing you can be is middle class because we get NO HELP, so essentially we are spending $400 for health insurance that applies a PORTION of our actual out of pocket expense to their deductible rate. How does that seem right??? If given a choice between Anthem BCBS and NO COVERAGE, I will choose NO COVERAGE, because I'm paying $400 a month for NOTHING.

My family has bought BCBS/Anthem for 15 of last 20 years. We have always used auto pay. In December we received a notice for auto renewal of our policy, and then in January we received our insurance cards. BCBS did not bill me Jan and February, and in March canceled me for non-payment. I received no notice of possible cancellation. I am outside the open enrollment period, and so I cannot purchase a policy with them until January of 2018, leaving my family without health insurance for a year. Every time I call to get assistance, I am on hold for hours, get transferred over and over, and am told they will need to be in touch, but never get back to me. Finally, I managed to appeal their cancellation and was told their decision stood.

I have had reason to contact Anthem Wisconsin's customer service department for various reasons. Each time I have had to wait in excess of 30 minutes to have my call answered. The hold times are crazy, so crazy, in fact, that my physician's office refuses to call them. My monthly premium is over $1,000 per month. The very least they can do is pick up the phone in a reasonable amount of time.

2 years ago when I signed up for an Anthem Blue Cross plan, I received my insurance card and signed up for auto-payment on their website. I received a confirmation email I was enrolled in auto-pay. A few months later, I received a letter in the mail that my coverage was terminated for non-payment. No email, no call, no notice until this. I called to say there must be a mistake because I was enrolled in auto-pay. They had no record of me enrolling. And they wouldn't let me re-enroll because we were not in the "open enrollment period".

So I was stuck without any insurance for 6 months, and was billed over $2500 in tax penalties by the US government because of their mistake! Because I wanted to keep my doctors, I tentatively re-enrolled during the next open enrollment period, in a slightly different insurance policy with Anthem. It was $760 per month with a $7500 deductible (ridiculously the cheapest I could find). Within 2 months, I received a notice saying they are discontinuing my policy and giving me a new one that was "comparable".

When I read the fine print, it was NOT comparable, as it only covered 50% of anything. So if I was to get cancer, they would only cover 50% of costs... which could possibly bankrupt me. I called to complain, and demanded to change plans. If they are discontinuing my plan, I should have the right to change it if I am not happy with it. Again, they wouldn't allow me to do this because we were outside the open enrollment period.

In a few months, the same auto-billing issue started up. Luckily I caught it in time before they cancelled my insurance. I had to manually log in every month to pay my dues. This year I again changed plans. I was double billed for the first 2 months this year for both my new plan and my old plan. I am still not reimbursed. I received a letter last week saying I have not paid my insurance, even though I am enrolled in the auto-pay program.

Every time I call them I have to wait 45 minutes to talk to someone that has absolutely no idea what they are talking about. They said I could enroll in auto-pay over the phone, that their website sometimes has "technical difficulties". They told me someone from billing would call me within 48 hours. That was 6 days ago... still no call. Every single person I know has had similar issues with this insurer, If you are interested in joining me in a class action lawsuit against this "company", please let me know.

I have no confidence or trust in Anthem at all. So much so I am not using my Anthem insurance for any services. I have no trust or confidence in Anthem because; 1) I did not get my coverage cards until mid-February 2017. I signed up for the coverage in December 2016 and paid my premiums twice before I got my coverage cards. I had to request that coverage cards be sent to me. 2) Web site did not work for weeks. In January I was trying to find a doctor. The Search for a Doctor feature either did not work or gave me different results when I enter the same information. When I called Anthem I was on hold for over 2 hours and was told not to log in to the website to do the search. Why have this feature if using Google will work better?!? 3) Saw error messages for all my information on the web site. When I tried to enter the information, I got error messages.

4) I pay my monthly premium electronically and every month I receive a letter stating how my payment is late, but not to worry since Anthem will cover me if I make a payment in the next week. When I call, I am on hold for at least an hour and am told that I am all paid up. When I pressed Anthem as to why I get these letters I get the reply, "these systems have a mind of their own". 5) Since Anthem cannot process electronic payments, they sent a letter to the State of California stating how I never paid my premium(s) and my coverage was going to be dropped. I called the State and explained the situation. The State informed me that people on Medicare had been calling with the same situation and were surprised when I stated I was ACA. If I provided my customers the level of service Anthem does, I would be FIRED. As a software professional, I am insulted by their online "services".

Bill paying section is not sending my bill payment to One Exchange Monthly. They are now a month behind in payment notice, telephone line is always busy. I talked to Anthem last week and they said they would try to have notice by 7th of this month. So far, nothing.

Sick from exposure 4 1/2 years ago and in pain everyday since and cannot even go to the er because I'm a marked target not to help me even though I pay extreme amounts for deductibles and pay cash to doctors they won't put in my network, even though they say they did. I've read all of your reviews and I've experienced all similar situations with them, fed up, I'm suing. My jury trial after waiting two years is April 17, 2017 in downtown St Louis. Let's all rally together and be heard!! All of you are invited to testify and tell your experience with this piece of ** company, or you can email me at **.

I'm extremely ill and representing myself because of the bullshit bureaucracy and political aspects, this our chance to be heard!! I won't stop until I die or until justice is served. This is the worst health insurance, mind playing, game playing, phone playing, lying, could care less about human life company that I've ever seen, hope to hear from you all.

For the past three weeks I have attempted to a person to review my account charges because I believe that they are not crediting me correctly. While waiting for hours there is an electronic voice that states "Thank you for calling, good bye" or "we are having technical difficulties, call again". Three weeks like this. Right now I have been waiting for two-and-one-half hours and it is close to five o'clock, so I expect the "thank you for calling". Giving these people one star is too much. The icon of a turd is more appropriate. I do not have an order number but a policy number which I am including. These people do not assign case numbers as I have not spoken to anybody

When I lived in NY, I was covered under the Empire Plan with Anthem. Then I moved to Colorado mid 2016. I then called Anthem in 2017 so that my tax form could be mailed to my new address in CO. At this moment, I have been transferred about 5 times and have spent over 2 hours on the phone between waiting and verifying information. The customer service is horrible, no one can answer any questions. This is INEXCUSABLE.

I'm fairly new to the Medicare medical insurance (one year on disability). I had two sleep studies done (one without machine, one with machine). I have sleep apnea. Both my parents had it and 5 siblings also. I was approved by Anthem where they will pay 80% of the cost of the machine and I'm responsible for the other 20% and monthly rental fees. I called to ask why this is not covered and I was told that if I want the machine I have to pay the 20% upfront and sign a lease. I ask the representative, "Why did I have to pay anything for a device that would keep me from passing away in my sleep?" Preventive copay on my plan is $0. Is not dying in my sleep without the machine not preventive (prevent me from dying)?

I ask the representative to please explain why I have this policy if my regular Medicare would pay the 80%. She became upset with me and actually hung up on me! I called Medicare and they said that they would look at the situation and probably cover the machine at 100%, since it's a life-threatening condition. Anthem did not want to hear that! They just told me (after I called and waited on hold another half hour) they will only pay the 80%! So, in other words they told me if I die in my sleep... it's too bad. When I first enrolled in their MediBlue plan I was told that this plan was to help cover the 20% that Medicare doesn't pay! They didn't say that it was replacing my Medicare with the same coverages! What a scam they have going on with us retired/disabled people.

This is a lousy health insurance coverage. First it started the first day or should I say the first month we signed up for this coverage. They did not have the correct number for verification of dental. My dental office end up charging me double because the insurance could not verify the right coverage that my son had, then later back in June 2016 they cancel my son's health insurance without notification and here we go all the way in February 2017 just found out that their system had cancelled his health insurance and we received a bill from the hospital stating that our insurance declined payment.

Then Anthem Blue Shield Blue Cross state it because my son payment at the bank was inefficient one-time their system automatically cancels your insurance without notice. Now they said their system they mailed us a letter. We never received a letter. Now he have to wait all the way until the end of this year to have health insurance. That mean the IRS is going to find him for no insurance.

I am highly pissed off at this company because now we're stuck with $1,000 hospital bill when my son was supposed to be covered. I'm noticing under these other reviews they've encountered a lot of people health insurance without any notice to the customer. That is not fair that we've been penalized for their systems. Be aware before you sign up with this company they don't know how to verify their benefits for providers to call if they have a hundred and one phone numbers and they do not give out the right phone numbers for verification. So now you're stuck with a bill they're making you responsible for. This is a lawsuit.

I chose Anthem BC-BS as my Medicare Supplement Provider, in late 2014: Premiums over time were: 2015: $130.70, 2016: $143.30, 2017: $178.25. I REPEATEDLY left Messages on the the Anthem Website ("Message Center") beginning in mid - December 2016, as I just simply grew weary of being left on hold for hours at a time - that is, once I finally wound my way through their looping "Phone Tree"! Essentially I wanted to know when the 2017 Premium would be and why I hadn't been billed, as usual, for the Dec 2016 and Jan 2017 Premiums. No answer to any of those Messages!

I eventually became aware that Anthem had "changed their Direct Payment Policy" without prior notice to me in writing. Unknowingly, I had come awfully close to having my Policy cancelled, as the aforementioned Direct Billing Change had resulted in my falling behind on my monthly Premiums (and which was one of the reasons I had messaged Anthem via their Website... to no avail)! I have since moved to AARP - UnitedHealthcare Medigap and haven't looked back. Goodbye Anthem and GOOD RIDDANCE!

It is a travesty that California allows Anthem BlueCross to get away with false communications while its residents have few options for health insurance! I was forced to choose a new provider (ours left CA) and chose Anthem based on being able to still visit one of my two local Palo Alto Medical Foundation locations. That said, we are amenable to selecting new primary care providers/practice locations. Upon trying to select a doctor, I was given only two choices accepting patients. Only one was a woman and she is too far away. This is unacceptable. I reside in the SF Bay Area where there should naturally be more options and I am paying an expensive monthly fee. I deserve reasonable choices.

Switched to Anthem Blue Cross effective December 1, 2016. Since then everything medication I need requires pre-authorization, even meds I have been taking for years. Everything is a hassle. I injured my foot and have been hobbling around for weeks. Finally went to the doctor. He wanted me in a walking boot until they can get x-ray and MRI scheduled. Cannot get a walking boot without diagnosis which won't happen until x-ray and MRI. Is not the fact that I am in pain and hobbling around enough? If I was bleeding out would I need pre-auth for a band-aid? I don't understand this. There is obviously something wrong with my foot and I can't get a boot until they have figured out what it is. In the meantime, if it is a stress fracture, I am probably making it worse. I will definitely be high-tailing it from Anthem next open enrollment. Never again.

I had this insurance for 2016. When I tried to make my first payment for 2017, they told me that I wasn't in their computer system. They refused to do anything about this. I was on the phone for seven hours one day and several hours the next. I would be put on hold for over two hours, only for the phone to be answered by an idiot who would just say, "I don't know what to do. Talk to this other person I am transferring you to!" A "specialist" was supposed to call me today but never did. The enrollment period ended without me getting anyone on the phone who knew what to do. So much for having insurance this year. Unfortunately, they are the only company on the Texas health insurance marketplace, so I can't use anyone else.

There are 3 people in my family. Me, my husband and my son. All of us have signed up for Anthem through the healthcare marketplace ("HCM") which is a joke. There must be a disconnect between the HCM because each of us have a different story to tell. We used an insurance broker because we dont trust HCM. I have confirmations (in writing) for each of us. All 3 of us have been totally screwed up.

My husband paid for his insurance for January in December. He received a confirmation. We received a letter saying he had been canceled. After a 1 hour wait on hold we found out that the payment of AMEX was not accepted even though we received a confirmation. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT AMEX was not accepted. We called, we made another payment using a debit card. We had to call INDIA to get the username and password reset because their system totally sucks and does not track by name and ss #. We have paid the bill and have attempted to login since making the payment. We have now been on hold for 1 hour. Still no answer as to why it says there is no coverage for the person listed on the website login.

When calling the Tech support you go to india. When you go to india, they do not understand what you are asking and the sound level and quality is awful. We have had to hang up and call multiple times for the same thing. Yesterday their website was down. They should be embarrassed by the fact my husband goes to the doctor 1 time per year and gets a really cheap RX for cholesterol and pays $700 per month. What a travesty. This is terrible.

I signed up for a new plan in December. I received my bill from Anthem. I paid it in December. I also received new cards. I then receive a letter that says I did not pay my coverage. So after a .50 call with a nice American boy, I found out that anthem send me a bill for the wrong coverage and sent new cards for the wrong coverage. They sent me a refund and I am still trying to confirm my payment has been accepted because the login that I have to anthem does not match the new coverage I applied for. When I called INDIA they had no idea what was wrong and said I had to call Anthem again to sort out. My son has called to confirm his plan and his login is correct to the correct ID #. So go figure. Anthem is so screwed up. This is all caused by ACA. This must change.

I was so excited to finally get my own health insurance last year as a small business owner through an individual plan. But to my dismay, it's been a nightmare to get coverage. I can't trust Anthem with my healthcare needs for these reasons: I was on a PPO plan last year called "pathway PPO". This means preferred provider and that I get to choose my own doctors etc. But if I want Anthem to pay 100% I have to use their in-network doctors. That being said, Anthem's Doc Finder Tool is a joke and never works properly. After spending hours online and calling Anthem directly to try find specialist and an MRI facility, I was unsuccessful. Anthem provided a list of about 10 MRI facilities, but when I called each one down the list they said they don't take my plan because it's "pathway".

When I called Anthem back to dispute they said it's up to me to verify coverage and that it's really not guaranteed because the doctor's contracts change every month. In the end, I could not find an MRI facility within 40 miles of where I live! I live in a major metropolitan area where there should be many facilities. Having no car, it was impossible so I just gave up. I guess I will really never know if I have a tumor in my brain or not. I feel there should be a minimum requirement of healthcare providers offered within a certain radius. Also the contractual obligations should not be monthly, they should at least be yearly between the insurance company and the health care provider. What a disaster! What's the point of having an insurance if you can't use it?

For the specialist, I was looking for a gynecologist. I found several on a Anthem's Doc Finder Tool that said they were in network. I called the doctors beforehand to verify coverage and they all said yes. I made appointments, but when I arrived, they told me that I was not covered because I had a "pathway" PPO plan. Therefore Anthem was providing false coverage information on their website, but wants to take no responsibility. They said it's the customer's responsibility to verify coverage. And the doctors say it's the insurance's responsibility to provide an accurate list of in-network doctors. No one cares or wants to take responsibility. FML.

Anthem told me on the phone that I have to use the "secret language" or terminology to verify with the doctors if I'm really covered or not. I was supposed to ask them if they're "contracted with my plan" since I'm a pathway PPO. Since I have pathway many doctors discriminate and don't take it. But I feel this is very unfair and should be illegal because Anthem was advertising my insurance as a PPO when I purchased it, however when I go to use my insurance it is not the same as a regular person's PPO. This is considered bad faith and I would be very interested in prosecuting if I could build a case.

Every time I call I've spent hours on the phone and online feeling very uneasy about my healthcare coverage. Every time I call, I speak to someone different in the call center with no way for me to ever speak with them again because they don't provide direct access. No one cares about me, I am just another number to them. This again should be illegal and is unacceptable. I'm contractually obligated to pay my premiums every month, but yet there is no transparency and clear line of communication with Anthem. Just. Unbelievable.

For 2017, I was considering hiring my husband under my small business just so we can get a group plan and be treated like real citizens in the insurance game. I wanted to start our group plan coverage under my company starting January 1. However I couldn't get the documents together in time and I couldn't figure out the cost comparison. Therefore I kept my individual plan as is... With even more nightmares to come. Anthem emails me and tells me that my plan will be changing to a EPO instead of the PPO starting January 1. This is verbatim the email from Anthem: "On January 1, your PPO plan will change to an EPO (Exclusive Provider Organization) plan. You can choose any doctor or hospital that participates in your plan, with no need for a referral. Care from doctors and hospitals outside your plan is not covered, except on an emergency or urgent basis."

This is extremely unfortunate, given that this notice was given on October 28th 2016 - barely enough time to plan an insurance strategy for the new year and open enrollment was right around the corner. Especially being a small business owner it takes time to do the proper research... It's a very complicated thing. To my dismay, this new plan means that I will have even less coverage because no out of network providers will be covered now. Great. Even worse, nowhere did anthem mention that my premiums would be increasing. However, just recently I received a notice on my credit card statement that my bill is now $97 more!!! How is this legal?? Absolutely mind boggling.

I just broke my arm during a ski trip ready for Christmas. Thank God this happens still in 2016. Stay tuned for the nightmare that I will have ahead of me dealing with the billing from last. I absolutely hate Anthem and the lack of healthcare and healthcare regulation that is plaguing our country. All in all, I have spent over 200 hours this last year battling this monstrosity. There should be more options, but yet these health insurance companies monopolize the market and it isn't ethical.

PLEASE PLEASE NEVER SPEND A DIME WITH THIS COMPANY!! I'm very upset with the amount of disrespect I've been given with the lack of communication with this company. I purchased a health plan for my two children, husband, and myself. First, they entered our names incorrectly on our cards and in our plan, so I had to pay out of pocket when I took my daughter to a doctor. Then, I was on hold for over 3 hours to get answers as to why we don't show up in the system, but my account sure has over $1000 a month coming out of it to pay for our policy. Finally I got that situated, then had another headache. We are on the state line, and cannot go to the doctor we need to see 30 miles away. Instead, Anthem wants us to travel 2.5 hours away to a doctor in our state. I will find another insurance company today if it's the last thing I do. I refuse to hold for one more second with these people. I'm paying a lot of money for zero help.

My husband's company insurance is through Anthem. His Union offers an additional benefit through Anthem with reimburses 80% of out-of-pocket medical expenses when submitted within a 12 month period. We submitted a claim in March 2016 which was not resolved until December 22, 2016. Why did it take so long? Repeated calls to Anthem said we were not eligible and when the company called them to verify eligibility our reimbursement would be processed. The company's HR rep called Anthem and our reimbursement was; not processed. Both my husband and I called repeatedly and every customer service rep either said that Anthem offered no such coverage, or they never received our reimbursement submission, or we weren't eligible, etc. etc. Each phone call took about 1/2 hour or more with no resolution. No wonder Anthem is doing well financially, they WON'T pay out the benefits that are due to their subscribers.

** customer service. This customer service manager should be fired and this company customer service never improved from last two years since I joined. I will definitely cancel this company policy. I will go with UnitedHealthcare and I am very much comfortable with UnitedHealthcare with my dental plan. Anthem PPO customer service is the all time worst. What is this company vice presidents and CEO are doing? No sense at all. I have called customer service at least 10 times and a long waiting period for at least 40 mins.

Stupid rules. Finally if I talk to a representative they says we deal with few states and I need to call my state. Finally called my state plan and they says I need to call group plan service. This is complete **. Learn from UnitedHealthcare customer service. I am so mad on this stupid company. Lazy bums and irresponsible people. Have a shame reading my review here. Dear CEO: call as a member and listen to your fantasy customer service. Just Imagine how people are scolding your company every day.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of NY customer service is appallingly bad. It has taken over 3 hours to attempt to get my insurance ID number. I have most of the digits but can not get my hands on the initial 3 digits which I should be able to get online. That systems doesn't work any better. I have put in my username and password in multiple times. The systems says it is going to a secure site and then goes back to the main menu. I would highly advise people to stay away from this company if at all possible.

I am under the care of one of the top cardiologists at a large University in CA famous for its medical center and medical school (Stanford). I am on two medications for heart problems I have, ** 50mg due to an ascending aortic aneurysm and pulmonary artery aneurysm, and ** 2.5mg for chronic chest pain. I had once been on ** 60mg daily and was getting so dizzy I would almost fall down at times when walking. I was taken off that medication and put on ** - I had Blue Shield of CA at that time, and there was no balking from the Blue Shield about the cost.

Flash forward - my insurance benefit provider changed last open enrollment from Blue Shield of CA to Anthem Blue Cross - no choice of mine, I was forced into it by my employer, with the only other option of Kaiser (see my previous posts about Kaiser if you want to know why I didn't opt to go with them...). Transferring my prescriptions, I discover that Anthem Blue Cross denied my ** medication, and thus my cardiologist had no choice but to put me back on **, which didn't work very well and was causing me to have significant dizzy almost fainting spells. I'm just lucky I didn't fall down a flight of stairs on the stuff.

Anthem feels that to save costs, my safety is of no concern and they feel they can dictate to a very good cardiologist at Stanford the medication I am to take for my chronic chest pain. Anthem will put you at risk to save a buck. Anthem should be put out of business. Anthem is using the Kaiser model for health care benefits. In short - Anthem Blue Cross sucks.

They cancelled my family of 4 twice without notice or explanation. They don't know why. They cannot update my billing information with a new credit card # and I cannot speak to someone without waiting on the phone for 1 - 2 hours, WTH! Horrible, I have paid for 2016 and they cancelled my plan (?)

I have had Anthem Blue Cross insurance for years but for 2016 I had a PPO plan I never used. I was notified that I would have to get an HMO for 2017 bc they stopped offering PPO plans. I sent in my application in December for my new plan and they required me to include my bank card info. On December 12th they took out $271.60 and I thought everything was fine until Christmas Eve I got a bill in the mail for $271.60 due January 1st (short notice for one thing and another that was not a good Christmas present at all). So on Dec 26 I call 7am and get through to a girl I can barely understand and she can't understand me. She finally figured out they accidentally put the entire $271.60 on my Dental plan that I only owed $32.20 on for December and was to be cancelled Jan 1st.

She tells me in her broken English that I only owe $32.20 for January and I didn't have the money then so I called back when I had the money only to find out that it was still showing I owed $271.60 due January 1st and I couldn't get through to a human so I was force to pay ANOTHER $271.60 on Dec 30th to keep my insurance. On January 4 I call and get a guy named Jean and his computer was down so he'd have to call me back. He calls me back and my phone shows it is Google calling me and flags it spam.

I call Anthem and get the same girl I got on Dec 26 and she says there is a positive credit on my account for $239.40 and I only owed $32.20 for February. I went ahead and paid that then so I'd be paid until March 1st... WRONG!!!! It has been two weeks and it is only showing I paid $32.20 for February and still owe $239.40 due February 1st. I wrote a letter I plan to send certified mail and if they cancel me, then they cancel me. I'm going to see if my bank can help me get a refund and report them to the Better Business Bureau.