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sarisataka

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Mon Dec 9, 2024, 11:47 AM Dec 2024

UCare temporarily closes Minneapolis office after "concerning" phone call

UCare temporarily closes Minneapolis office after "concerning" phone call

A Minnesota-based health insurance provider said it is temporarily closing its office doors after receiving a "concerning" phone call.

A UCare spokesperson said employees are working from home this week after the insurance provider received the phone call late on Friday. Out of an abundance of caution, UCare decided to close its offices for a week.

Company officials say they've reported it to police, but are not aware of any threat to their offices or team.

UCare has served more than 600,000 members throughout Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin for 40 years.

UCare is the second to temporarily close its offices. Medica, which is based in Minnetonka, did the same last week out of caution, though a spokesperson there also said they haven't received any threats.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ucare-temporarily-closes-office-concering-phone-call/
{UCare is a different company than UHC}

It is starting to sound like dystopic fiction, where corporate offices are in walled compounds with armed guards. It should be noted that in such fiction, the corporations are the DeFacto rulers of the world; the governments are simple puppets beholden to the corps.
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UCare temporarily closes Minneapolis office after "concerning" phone call (Original Post) sarisataka Dec 2024 OP
What's the "fiction" part? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #1

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