Regarding The Herald’s coverage of the disagreement between Everett Clinic and Regence’s Medicare Advantage plans, whenever the profit motive enters the equation, the patient is always the one that suffers (“In Medicare Advantage stalemate, Everett Clinic patients left in limbo,” The Herald, Jan. 10).
The Everett Clinic is in a contract dispute with Regence over its Medicare Advantage Plan (“In Medicare Advantage stalemate, Everett Clinic patients left in limbo,” The Herald, Jan. 10). Regence is protecting their customers by paying all claims in the interim and are honoring the Public Health Emergency guidelines. The Everett Clinic on the other hand is refusing to do so and are declining to schedule any appointments for people with this specific medical coverage.
EVERETT — A few days after Christmas, Mel drove his wife to The Everett Clinic in Shoreline, their usual place of care. She was having trouble breathing, likely a complication of a respiratory illness and asthma.