{"id":2452,"date":"2016-04-04T08:54:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T12:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2016-04-04T12:51:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T16:51:33","slug":"unitedhealth-tries-boutique-style-health-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2452","title":{"rendered":"UnitedHealth Tries Boutique-Style Health Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>AUSTELL, Ga. \u2014 UnitedHealthcare is betting $65 million that it can profit by making primary care more attractive.<\/p>\n<p>With little fanfare, the nation\u2019s largest health insurer launched an independent subsidiary in January that offers unlimited free doctor visits and 24\/7 access by phone. Every member gets a personal health coach to nudge them toward their goals, such as losing weight or exercising more. Mental health counseling is also provided, as are yoga, cooking and acupuncture classes. Services are delivered in stylish clinics with hardwood floors and faux fireplaces in their lobbies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/obamacare-insurers-sweeten-plans-with-free-doctor-visits\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harken Health<\/a> is available only in Chicago and Atlanta, where it covers 35,000 members who signed up this winter on the Affordable Care Act\u2019s insurance exchanges. UnitedHealth still sells traditional plans in those cities, too. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/unitedhealth-tries-boutique-style-health-plan\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=27999051&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Yh--PyYaEUeaKqQ2lNDdgypWaojyP5JeQoC-cQILWdpBFbTsnih3_Cr3zDg4Y597U7bteScc_kXl9C5NfbdZ9sNOTkg&amp;_hsmi=27999051\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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