Walter B. Jones: “Dr. Jim Congleton has not signed with United Concordia. He said that he wished the company had been more honest and open…”

“Dr. Jim Congleton has not signed with United Concordia. He said that he wished the company had been more honest and open in developing the dental plan which they are offering to military dependents. In addition to that, let me share a comment by a dependent. "Military dependents are not happy with this situation. Our costs are going to go way up," said Jeannette Coulsey, a military spouse. "UCCI says if no dentist in the area signs up, or we see a dentist who is not in the plan, United Concordia will pay the dentist 10 to 12 percent less than one of their participating dentists." So your point about our concern should be for the dentists, and also it certainly should be for those in the military and their families, and again, this is why I really appreciate you joining me this afternoon, because this is a very serious problem in my opinion, and one that, thank goodness for people like you, and I want to say my staff, the fact that we are willing to look into a firm that could receive $1.7 billion, and that is with a B, billion dollars, $1.7 billion, and yet we have so many unhappy, dissatisfied people.”