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- From: julian@baldur.lbl.gov (julian cortella)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Supplemantal Health Insurance??? Does it exist???
- Date: 24 Jul 1992 17:35:58 GMT
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA USA
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- Message-ID: <24859@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
- References: <BrwIDt.4w0@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Jul24.163910.20927@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
- Reply-To: julian@baldur.lbl.gov (julian cortella)
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- In article <1992Jul24.163910.20927@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> kstell@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (kevin.l.stell) writes:
- >In article <BrwIDt.4w0@news.cso.uiuc.edu> weller@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Bonnie Weller) writes:
- >
- >Stinks doesn't it!
- >
- >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....
- >
- >We need Health Care reform now !!!!!
- >
- >
- I couldn't agree more. However, good HMOs do exist. In the past two years I have
- been "lucky" enough to suffer a serious boken leg requiring surgery and extensive
- rehab, and now my wife and I are expecting our first rug rat in another 6 weeks.
-
- Total cost for our medical services : $4 for each bottle of anti-inflammatory pills (me)
- $4 for each bottle of prenatal vitamins (her), coming to $16 for
- two years.
-
- My job pays for the entire HMO bill.
-
- Also, pediatric care is covered as well. The HMO is Qual-Med (used to be Heals). It has
- a number of limitations, but I would never use an 80-20 plan.
-
- I realize not everyone can get the coverage I've got, and it's a shame. That's why I'm
- voting for Ren and Stimpy in November. They're likely to do as much about this problem
- as anyone else.
-