HMO's provide pretty good service. Most of the bitching i've heard is in regards to the limited number of options you have. HMO's require you get service within the network in order to realize all your benefits, whereas PPO's will give you greater flexibility (at a higher premium, of course). This annoys some people.
As for the "it won't cost them a single cent" idea.....well, i won't rehash all that :) > You know, I hear people bitching about HMO's all the time. But, honestly, > I've been really happy with ours. Maybe we're just lucky. But, I can see > anyone in the same facility without a referral. I can get in to see > _someone_ in my doc's office within 24 hours, we have a 24 hour nurse > on-call phone number, and I've never been turned down for anything. > > Case in point - a friend just brought her newborn in to urgent care on > Sunday. They brought in an on-call peditrician. Everyone agreed that > something was wrong, but they weren't sure what. So, rather than take any > chances, they admitted her to the hospital and started her on antibiotics > and continued testing from there. This is all through the same HMO as > mine, > and this won't cost them a single cent. > > I think that's pretty good service. > > (BTW, the baby is responding to antibiotics.) > > > On 10/18/05, Jacob Kisner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Well.. surgery it is. Sucks. >> >> For anybody trying to decide whether to go PPO or HMO.. Go PPO. Trust me. >> >> On 10/12/05, Jacob Kisner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > Thanks. Why four weeks... Three letters... >> > >> > H >> > M >> > O >> > >> > :) >> > >> > On 10/12/05, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > >> > > ouch. My sympathy, mine went on a little longer but at least I was >> > > better at the end of it... >> > > >> > > >since sept 17.. so almost four weeks >> > > > >> > > >On 10/12/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> > > >> >> > > >> > > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177305 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
