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Ford Motor Company And Unicare Insurance deceptive practices of self-funded insurance company toward employees in violation of federal ERISA laws and doesn't play fair with Ford's employees Dearborn Michigan
ATTENTION ALL FORD EMPLOYEES:
If you are an employee of Ford Motor Company and ever been on medical leave, are on medical leave or are now disabled and had to deal with the incompetence of Unicare Insurance and Ford Motor Company headquearters is unresponsive to your concerns please start screaming and help myself and other employee's with a suit against Unicare.
I believe Unicare is in violation of federal ERISA laws and doesn't play fair with Ford's employees and makes it a habit of not informing employees in a timely and courteous manner with regard to information needs for continuation of medical claims.
National Employee Service center reps have advised me personally on many occassions of the complaints they receive daily about the conduct and incompetence of Unicare Insurance and it's representatives and informed me Ford has cancelled 3 of it's 5 contracts with Unicare for this reason.
Representatives are incompetent and although there may be physicians overseeing things, RN's who are not licensed physicians, other claim reps, and supervisors are playing God with peoples lives, claiming to not receive and/or lose claim forms, causing undue stress for Ford employees whose payment of this insurance comes out of OUR wages pays their salaries!!!
Rather than play fair according to ERISA laws and look for ways to PAY claims as they should, they prefer to look for ways to NOT pay our claims. In my case personally, I was never notified that another claim rep had been assigned to my claim. Supervisors and other reps have refused to give the full name of new claims reps, failed to provide or request further information in a reasonable and timely manner and are deceptive in their conversations and request for information from my physician(s). Requested information from my physician(s) without letting me know or providing a signed release from me in violation of privacy laws, requested an IME from a physician who is a partner of my attending physician to attempt to get information after stating the forms they faxed were NOT a rating request when they were which is not only a conflict of interest but, I consider it to be unethical. Representatives are rude and disrespectful and have on at least one occassion, called the information they requested of me and my physicians, CRAP! Literally that is what the examining RN called it, verbatim...CRAP!!! I had to go to the head of that facility or department to complain but they still treat me like dirt! Personally, I have been as honest as I know how to be and provided them with and co-operated with every request asked of me. Even my a member of my churches staff has now had opportunity to see how I have been treated when they had to step in and assist me and a 3-way conversation was attempted by them with me on the line after my disabilty check was stolen from my mailbox.
Some employees, after returning to work, are being threatened with termination for supposed failure to provide claim information to Unicare when they have proof to the contrary, are almost always told they have been overpaid and coerced into repaying these monies and accused of NOT being a team player for rocking the boat when they file an appeal to such notices. Some of these same employees are being held in supervisors or HR offices until they compiled a letter to be added to their employee files recanting their appeals in order to keep their jobs.
I cannot say if the home offices of Ford Motor Company are completely aware of these practices in their entirety but I fail to see how they could not be with all the complaints they get in light of the other simple fact that they record conversations "for quality assurance purposes". Nor am I completely convinced they are not aware of how employees are being treated by Unicare and in some cases facility supervisors. It is a true fact that Ford has been through many a lawsuit recently that has had a negative impact on the company and it's profitabilty. Wall street analysts have on at least one occassion, downgraded their rating, which causes them to pay higher interest rates and other things.
I loved my job and my co-workers at my facility until I had to deal with Unicare and all these other issues. The stress of all this has complicated and compromised my medical condition to the point where I now have ailments I never had which threaten my well-being. Unicare had 5-6 weeks to notify me they needed more information to continue my claim but never said anything to me until I called when I didn't receive my check and twice since they received my claim I have been given eviction notices and had to seek alternate forms of rental and other assistance to keep a roof over my head, utilities on and food on my table.
If you are an employee who has ever been on medical leave for an extended time and had to deal with Unicare and it's reps, back to work or still on leave or are now permanently disabled, please join me and other co-workers in our attempt to file a suit against them and maybe together we can get Ford to stop ignoring our concerns. Even if you quit your job with Ford to go somewhere else, if the stress of Unicare was the reason you left, stand up and be counted. Together we can and together we will make a difference for us all. Exercise your free speech! Get yourself heard - start screaming!!!!!!Dont keep quiet anymore! We deserve to be treated fairly and with respect and in a reasonable and timely manner.
Henry Ford was a good man, who founded Ford Motor Company on good moral values and whose motto at one time was "Help the Other Guy". It would only take one time for Bill Ford or someone else in upper management to experience what I and some of my fellow workers deal with when Unicare manages our medical claims for something to be done.
Spread the word even if you don't work for Ford, maybe you know someone who does and has gone through the same thing. We need your help. Thanks!
Donna
Las Vegas, Nevada
U.S.A.
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2 Updates & Rebuttals
Cindi
Omaha,Nebraska,
U.S.A.
Concerning Ford and treatment while out on medical leave......
#3UPDATE EX-employee responds
Thu, May 07, 2009
I am sure there are many others that have gone through the same exp. I myself went through it and was given a choice to get fired or resign. I know another person who is still employed through ford and is out on disability due to exstreme stress and is going through what we have now and is actually making her condition worse. Her and I would be happy to be a part of this lawsuit. Please contact me with the information we need to sign on. Hopefully more will stand up!
Stick ..Rip-off Report Consumer Advocate
Phoenix,Arizona,
U.S.A.
Donna helpful information for you and all other victims of Ford Motor..
#3Consumer Suggestion
Fri, December 10, 2004
Donna sounds like you might like the following contact info. Might help you make sure the big boys at Ford know your troubles. Not that they will do anything. Still nice to know that you have a direct pipe line to them.
Use the below contact info to your advantage. Ask them all that you email why is it that none of the below contact info is posted on any Ford Motor Corp web sites. Sure seems to me that they do NOT want to hear from the fine folks that buy what they build. What's up with that?
Brenda Hines
bhines1@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Manufacturing
1-313-322-1185
Tom Hoyt
thoyt@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Centennial Operations
1-313-323-8143
Ron Iori
riori@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Global Operations
1-313-337-2456
Daniel Jarvis
djarvis1@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Ford Financial
1-313-594-2527
Paige Johnson
pjohns29@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Customer Satisfaction & Technologies
1-313-248-6820
Kristen Kinley
kkinley@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Environment & Safety Communications
1-313-845-2709
Joe Koenig
jkoenig@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Powertrain
1-313-845-9148
Susan Krusel
skrusel@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford
Department: Ford Division
1-313-594-4175
Meera Kumar
mkumar10@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford
Department: New York Regional Office
1-212-265-2793
Ed Lewis
elewis5@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Manufacturing
1-313-323-7809
Sonia Mishra
smishra1@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company, Lincoln
Department: Global Product Development & Technologies
1-313-621-6089
Octavio Navarro
onavarr1@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company, Ford, Lincoln, Mercury
Department: Los Angeles Regional Office
1-949-629-2033
Todd Nissen
tnissen@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Manufacturing
1-313-337-2786
Bob Roach
rroach1@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company, Ford, Lincoln, Mercury
Department: Product Development and Global Design
1-313-390-9553
Harold Allen
hallen1@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford
Department: Dallas Regional Office
1-214-528-7120
Sandra Badgett
sbadgett@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford, Lincoln, Mercury
Department: Los Angeles Regional Office
1-949-629-2036
Angela Coletti
acoletti@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Global News Bureau
1-313-390-1759
John Delle Monache
jdellemo@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Broadcast News
1-313-594-0520
Anne Marie Gattari
agattari@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Global News Bureau
1-313-322-9211
Ron Iori
riori@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Global Operations
1-313-337-2456
Susan Krusel
skrusel@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford
Department: Ford Division
1-313-594-4175
Rich Mayk
rmayk@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Broadcast News
1-313-845-0627
John Ochs
jochs@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: New Media Team
1-313-337-3669
Glenn Ray
gray2@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Broadcast News
1-313-248-2335
David Reuter
dreuter@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Global Operations
1-313-594-4410
Deborah Sandford
dsandfor@jaguar.com
Brand(s): Jaguar
Department: Jaguar
1-949-341-6184
Lynne Slovick
lslovick@landrover.com
Brand(s): Land Rover
Department: Land Rover
1-949-341-6809
Kristine Testori
ktestori@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Process Leadership
1-313-594-3542
Beverly Thacker
bthacke2@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company, Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury, Volvo
Department: Broadcast News
1-313-317-7639
Donna Thomas
dthoma27@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Media Fleet
1-313-845-4613
James Thomas
jthoma98@jaguar.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company, Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar
Department: Jaguar
1-949-341-6140
James Trainor
jtrainor@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company, Lincoln, Mercury
Department: Lincoln Mercury
1-949-341-7689
Christian Vinyard
cvinyard@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Global Affiliates & Associations
1-313-594-7899
Rich Voytowich Jr.
rvoytowi@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford
Department: Detroit/Chicago Regional Office
1-313-390-5068
Kristie Winters
kwinter3@ford.com
Brand(s): Ford Motor Company
Department: Media Fleet
1-313-317-4453
By the way. would you like Bill Ford's email address? It at one time was Wford@ford.com