United Healthcare Mailing Out Fake Colonoscopy Finger Stick

United Healthcare mailed me (unsolicited) a finger prick test, saying it is to be "mailed back to UHC" in place of a colonoscopy. It does not ask for a stool sample like the normal kits. I called my primary care doctor and he said "blood work cannot tell if you have colon polyps". Seems more like invasive phishing for pre-existing conditions. I DM'd UNITED HEALTHCARE on TWITTER and they did NOT dispute this! I then tweeted it out to alert others to throw it in the garbage. They apologized for "your frustration" but they never denied that the test was a bald-faced lie. I threw the kit in the trash and my colonoscopy is in 2 days. I have a history on colon polyps so even the stool kit would not be for me. NEVER mail bloodwork to ANY insurance carrier. The transmission of blood work needs to follow a specific protocol. Very reckless to mislead the public in this way. SHAME ON UNITED HEALTHCARE.

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If anyone gets this envelope, paperwork, and finger prick plastic kit, posing as an "alternative colonoscopy", it's phishing for pre-existing conditions.

Please let this forum know, if you receive it.

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