Maine woman receives 500 letters from health insurer in five days
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Maine woman's recent experience with a health insurance company was a bit overwhelming. Perhaps more than a bit.
By her reckoning, it sent her 500 letters in a span of five days.
"I thought I was being punked, that someone was messing with me," Windham resident Stephanie Lay told WCSH-TV.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The letters from UnitedHealthcare were sent to Lay's 19-year-old son, Bryce, who has autism. They were addressed to Maine's Department of Health and Human Services -- in Cincinnati.
"Where is the ME DHHS office in Cincinnati, Ohio?" she is asking.
Most of the letters said the company had denied a $54 payment. Others said payments were being denied for $0, Lay said, for claims that had never been made.
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One small irony, Lay said, was that each letter advertised a "Go Paperless" initiative.
A spokeswoman for UnitedHealthcare said the company is looking into the issue.