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Golden Rule Insurance Company provides health insurance plans. As a part of UnitedHealthcare, the company specializes in short-term medical plans, dental coverage and supplemental insurance options.

Pros
  • Affordable coverage options available
  • Comprehensive medical and dental services
Cons
  • Frequent premium increases reported
  • Claims often denied for pre-existing conditions

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageRates

    Reviewed April 27, 2026

    I called on 4/20/26 to cancel my insurance with Golden Rule and I was told it was done and I would receive a letter in the mail stating my final date of coverage. 5 days passed and I got no letter so I called back. Why do they then tell me that they don't show that I cancelled my insurance with them. Now I have to pay this elevated monthly fee for this crap insurance. Every year they raise my rates a ridiculous amount. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY. They make it very hard to cancel and move on.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed March 11, 2026

    Terrible customer service. Nobody really help solve the problem online or over the phone. They just keep put you on different lines, and on hold. I had called, emailed, asked help from their website, but they never provided help. I just called 5 minutes ago, customer service put me in different line and another lady answered the phone, then she put me on hold, then phone disconnected again. This situation happened again and again, I'm even can cancel my insurance online. This is extremely bad service. I'm really regretting that I got insurance from golden rule insurance/ united insurance.

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      Customer ServiceCoveragePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffBilling

      Reviewed Jan. 23, 2026

      I signed up 4/2023 for a 3 year Golden Rule plan that I was promised was the premiere of products for those of us who have to buy our own. Cut to 12/2025 when they started emailing me to reapply for another 3 yr plan. I called 12/20 and was told I couldn't reapply until 1/14 but after they reviewed my medical history they told me I'd be approved and they would call me 1/14 to apply. They didn't call at the appointment time so I called them and applied and was told that it would go through. 1/22 I gota letter dated 1/16 stating that I had been denied due to seeing my primary care doctor 10/2/2025 and him listing a f33.1 dx, no other treatment was given.

      I go to the PCP and gyro once a year otherwise no other medical concerns and my only medication I pay out of pocket and have done. Nothing has changed since I started the policy same medication, same dose, same routine care. But 1 diagnosis code resulted in a denial. I called and after 3 hours of being transferred found that the denial was done by a human not AI according to the rep and the only option to appeal it is with 5 yrs of medical history. They have 3 yrs of medical history, I supplied the previous 2 yrs when I applied the first time. Why would they suddenly approve it on appeal? They took 3 years of payments resulting in about 18k for 2 PCP visits and 2 gyno visits. Now I have no coverage until next open enrollment. In November 2026. F UHC.

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      Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaff

      Reviewed Oct. 14, 2025

      They cover NOTHING. They kept telling me my plan was cancelled, but kept charging me! I still haven't sorted this out. Their customer service rep hung up on me rather than do her job. DO NOT USE THEM!!!

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      CoverageSales & MarketingRefunds & Payouts

      Reviewed Oct. 8, 2025

      You pay for coverage every month and then when you need it, it covers nothing and you pay basically everything out of pocket. I was in the hospital and found out that it’s basically a discount card, not insurance. I paid for years and now that I need it, I find out that I don’t have insurance.

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      CoverageStaffBilling

      Reviewed Oct. 4, 2025

      I don't understand why you take people's money and not even 20% is covered. I'm stuck with a huge bill. And no help. It would have been better to have no insurance... I had to take out a care credit line just to be able to make monthly payments on my dental because 2900 is too much for a normal person to pay upfront and you don't even record the fact that I went in. You all just really are horrible and you're liars. You don't cover a cent. Shame on this company. You literally get paid to do nothing. Rich stay rich and the poor stay poor kind of world we live in. It makes me sick. Too bad. I'd rather keel over than get medical attention. No wonder I haven't been to the dentist in over 15 years. This is exactly why I don't trust insurance companies and I never will.

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      CoveragePriceStaffBilling

      Reviewed Sept. 11, 2025

      I am so over their dental care. First I been with them for 3 years on the dental. I had medical but for w months they charged me 300 dollars for a plan I didn't sign up for. They took 2 months paying me back. So now I'm getting my mouth worked on and I had to get another plan so it can cover my dental work. So here we are again with them taking two payments from me for 1 month. Then try to talk to somebody its a whole different story on why it's ok for them to overcharge me again. I'm done as soon as open enrollment comes around I will be done with this overcharging place for good. I would die before I get any plan from them again. And they say they the best ones. 🤪🤪🤪🤪

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      CoveragePrice

      Reviewed July 3, 2025

      They are horrible!! Did not even cover my mammogram last year. I pay almost 675.00 (just went up), they said it is not you but other people's high cost.... GUESS what Not my problem!!! I have one more year until Medicare and I will put off everything I may need until then. WORST insurance ever

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      Customer ServiceCoverageStaffBilling

      Reviewed June 23, 2025

      Purchased a supplemental dental plan from Golden Rule - total waste of money. First, EOB showed that they did not cover what we expected based on their summary of coverage. Next, reaching a customer service rep to explain the EOB was a huge waste of time. All phone numbers started with United Healthcare and useless automated assistant. Finally got a live rep who told us that our United plan didn’t cover those services (which is why we bought the additional Golden Rule plan). Then got transferred to Golden Rule, but rep explained that they did medical not dental. Then transferred to Golden Rule Dental, but got a billing person, not a claims person.

      Transferred again, but ended up with a rep for Medicaid services. Best that she could do was look up other phone numbers for Golden Rule using Google, all of which just started the process again with United Healthcare. One of the worst customer service experiences ever, and by today’s standards that’s really saying something.

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      Customer ServiceCoveragePricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaff

      Reviewed May 31, 2025

      I have never felt more wronged by an insurance company. I enrolled in the Golden Rule dental plan with United Healthcare over 3 years ago, knowing that I would need certain periodontal work in the future. After year 3, their plan states that they cover 50% of implant work. I paid high premium each month for those 3 years just for this reason. After going to the periodontist for a first examination (who is out of network) only $25 was covered by United Healthcare. My plan clearly states the initial exam is covered, even out of network. Their customer service is not helpful. Their accents so thick it is hard to understand them. What I did understand is that the closest periodontist that is covered by them is more than 4 hours away from where I live.

      I live in a city of almost 200,000 people. I went 3 years with not one claim, yet paid my $53 premium for dental only insurance every month, to have $25 covered and be told that I have to drive 4 hours for every single appointment there and back. I just spent over $4,000 yesterday out of pocket right here in my hometown because my insurance company failed me. Or ex insurance company, should I say.

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      Golden Rule Company Information

      Company Name:
      Golden Rule
      Website:
      www.uhone.com