August 29, 2007 @ 12:07 am | Filed under: Uncategorized
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As I look back over the worst days of my life, they all involve trying to negotiate with a health insurance company. So sorry!
Posted on August 29th, 2007 at 5:08 amI hear you! and all too unfortunately, am in the midst of living it again…
Posted on August 29th, 2007 at 8:32 amOh, how true! And you know what’s worse? The ones you have to TALK TO. I don’t know why I hate those so much more than the “push a button” ones, but I do!
Posted on August 29th, 2007 at 8:37 amDon’t know if I’ve shared these tips before, but they do seem to work about 75% of the time.
-if voice automated, clearly say operator regardless of what it asks
-start pressing “0″
Either will usually get you a live person, which sometimes isn’t much help either, but often better off than where you were.
GL
Posted on August 29th, 2007 at 11:11 amIn other words:
Posted on August 29th, 2007 at 11:53 am“Aetna, I’m NOT glad I met ya”?
well, I don’t know about the “has any interest in hearing about the problem you are desperately trying to solve” part, but as far as the “human” part goes, check gethuman.com–they list how to get straight to a human at Aetna (call 800‑738‑7674 Say “member”; press *0) plus tricks for lots more automated systems.
Posted on August 29th, 2007 at 2:41 pmI usually try ‘0′ too, nothing gets me in a bad mood quicker than not being able to talk to a real person. We have blue cross and they have a voice recognition computer ‘thing’ that does not work, I keep repeating myself and it will not move on or take you to the operator. I started bypassing it. I’m to old, busy and cranky for this kind of fun…
hope you get it all straightened out.
Posted on August 29th, 2007 at 11:34 pmAck, isn’t it frustrating!
Posted on August 30th, 2007 at 6:16 amROF….that is so true, that’s exactly what it’s like! Thank goodness for moms!
Posted on September 1st, 2007 at 9:48 am