Yeah, our HMO is great, no co-pays, we can pick our doctor, the eye and dental riders are good.
Of course I happen to work at a place that has its own hospital and clinic with some of the nation's top doctors and surgeons, and great facilities. The cost is a bit high, for family members, I think I pay $200 a month for my wife to get the HMO the Eye and the Dental coverage, but the insurance covers everything. > -----Original Message----- > From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:58 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Torn rotator cuff... > > 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.) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177306 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
