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ADVANTAGE – Blue
Advantage is the less expensive Blue Cross health plan, it has the most
benefits before you meet your deductible. The Advantage Network is a
smaller network with most of the Hospitals and Doctors having some type of
relationship with Mercy or Saint Anthony's Hospital. The only way to know
if your Doctor is in this plan is to check the network and see if he is on the
Advantage plan. PREFERRED - Blue Preferred is the more expensive, larger network with very limited benefits available before you meet your deductible. The Blue Preferred Network has the Integris / Baptist Hospitals, OU Hospitals plus has recently added the Duncan Regional and Norman Regional Hospitals to the Network. MULTI-STATE – Multi-State is the same network as the Preferred in 2016. That is a big change since the last 2 years Multi State has had a much larger Network.
United Healthcare has come to Oklahoma this year with their plans priced snugly between the Blue Advantage and the Blue Preferred Networks. The United Healthcare plan here in Oklahoma seems to include almost all of the Hospitals in Oklahoma. Wow that seems too good to be true...right? Well there are some trade-offs. 1. Right between Advantage and Preferred prices is still a huge premium especially if you do not receive a subsidy from the Government. 2. UHC is an HMO… In our Survival Guide I talk about the difference between an HMO and a PPO but I will go over it briefly here too. HMO or Health Maintenance Organization vs. PPO or Preferred Provider Organization These plans are completely different in how they started and how they are regulated. As many other things like political parties the plans in the middle are closer to being the same than ever before. However differences still remain in an HMO you have to have your care referred by your primary care doctor or a website. With an HMO you have no benefits if you receive treatment out of network. The exception usually is life threatening. PPOs do not require referrals and treatment out of network is paid at a lower percentage.
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