When asked to rate insurers on overall performance on a scale of one to five, physicians rated only four insurers “above average” with a score of more than three.
The following 10 insurers, not including Medicaid and Medicare, were rated the best in overall performance.
- Blue Plans — 3.3 (out of 5.0)
- Aetna — 3.2
- Cigna — 3.2
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care — 3.1
- Medical Mutual of Ohio — 3.0
- United Healthcare — 2.9
- Kaiser Foundation Health — 2.9
- Humana — 2.9
- HealthNet — 2.8
- Oxford Health Plans — 2.8
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