Unitedhealthcare has a non profit called UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation. www.uhccf.org This organization gave out 800+ grants in 2010 to families that had children with ongoing health conditions. Families can qualify to receive up to $5,000 to help pay for medical services and equipment. Some of these services could be occupational & speech therapy, counseling services,surgeries, RX and durable medical equipment.

For the last couple of years we have heard so much about how terrible the insurance industry is and some of it is justified but here is a situation where the carrier is giving back.