In article <BrwIDt.4w0@news.cso.uiuc.edu> weller@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Bonnie Weller) writes:
>My husband and I were astounded this week when we figure out how much
>it will cost us in medical bills to have our baby, and this with an
>80%- 20% plan. It turns out the deductable is $450 a year ....
Stinks doesn't it!
I have 3 children. Two were covered by conventional means (80%,20%) and 1 taken care of by an HMO. THe HMO ordeal was painless, but had more upfront costs
(read: bigger bite out of paycheck). Checked the price of shots lately?
Soapbox mode on:
I find it ostounding, that well baby care is not covered, but achohol and
drug rehab is....
BEWARE: most policies only cover initial physician vist only. I found out the
the hard way, when the "doc" just happened to be in the nursery to
check up and I got the bill!!! I don't blame the doc, he cares about
his patients. I blame the insurance industry, slimey bast....