Blue Cross Health Insurance Reviews

Did not cover my ‘basic’ drug needs, then required me to have my doctor complete a comprehensive medical audit with 2 years of clinical notes. Benefits were suspended until audit was returned and ‘reviewed’ (no dates given). I immediately cancelled my policy, but not before taking another month fee and future dating my cancellation. So I paid without the possibility of a claim for an entire month. Tried to complain and escalate - denied. PLEASE, FIND ANOTHER INSURER!

I didn’t choose this so-called insurance company, my employer did! 20 years of dealing with poor coverage, poor services, kept on hold for 40 minutes, for this insurance to barely cover anything, most of the time I’m paying out of pocket so sad for working class people!! 5,940 per year covers 168.00 eye care, 1000 for dental which is a joke! Medication only 40% the cost doesn’t justify the means. Now I’m looking at a dental bill of 7,300 to 13,300 guess who has to pay this out of pocket? So why have Blue Cross?

Totally the worst heath insurance provider. I've been paying for 18 years and have never had a claim for physio or medication covered and now they won't cover my dental,
in my time as a member if I had saved the premiums i could have a complete new set of implant teeth and a holiday in Mexico and still had change. I feel I've been conned by this company.

How is it legal to charge 3500 over a 2 year period and only cover 200 in contact lenses and the rest I pay out of pocket? And how is it legal to FORCE employees to pay for this with no choice? It's blatant robbery.

In my opinion this called health insurance is good for nothing. The only thing that is clear is how much to pay but for what, only God knows.
There are also hidden fees non declared for different reasons.

The sales rep that signed me up blatantly lied about my coverage. I asked for two items - dental and optical. I wait 3.5 months to go for an eye exam and when I get I go to pay, my Alberta Blue Cross has NO COVERAGE?! So basically I paid hundreds of dollars in payments, yet I do not have coverage?! Insane. The sales rep also would not return my calls and emails. I guess once they sign you up, they are done with you. When I called in and spoke to another customer sales rep, they convinced me to an upgrade. However when I found out I did not have the coverage I asked for, I asked them to just cancel the plan. She said they require a letter and it would take over a month to go into effect. So basically, keep paying for absolutely nothing. It's unfortunate that these huge corporations can get away with that.

They will call you to set up a plan, the premium looks good.
But then they will have you called by an assessor, and even if you are honest and fair, they will find a way to either exclude something from your package or bump your premium up.

In my case, they looked at a medication. Then they did not contact the doctor that prescribed it, which is easy enough to do, but went ahead and excluded all mental anxiety and depression medication in the future, because they make you out to be a liar and somehow say the medication you are taking falls in that category.
In a time when mental illness has become the world's biggest problem!

Do not sign with the Blue Cross!
They are untrustworthy and make you out to be a liar.

I have Blue Cross through my employer. My feedback here might seem to not affect Blue Cross now but I hope one day all of these feedbacks get cumulated and will have an impact on the employer's decision on switching insurance.

I recently switched jobs and I used to have orthotics coverage with a max amount of certain dollars. My job changed in February so I called Blue Cross and asked if I pay a deductible in January, whether my deductible will be transferred. The lady I talked to said it won't so I will have to pay another deductible when I start my new job so I waited. I got my new job, and now Blue Cross is saying that not only my deductible could have been transferred but now I won't even be able to claim my orthotics.

Blue Cross, train your staff well as their lack of knowledge affects people's lives.

I asked for a supervisor to follow up so let's see what they say...

I am appalled at Bluecross customer services. Any time you have an issue and need to speak with someone, you'll have 5 different reps replying in one email chain, all of which just read off of a script to dissuade you from getting any touch with anyone who has actual authority to help you with your situation. I'm been trying for years to get more information about my dental coverage, why it's so bad and what else can I do, and just get so frustrated I end up giving up halfway through the process because nobody has an interest in actually helping you with your issue, they just want your money. Go to literally any other provider if you have the option.

Terrible service and run around. Hard to get in touch with. I wouldn't cover my medicines without proof from my Doctor that I had tried cheaper drugs first. Who asks for the strongest and most expensive drugs first! Don't waste your money!