7/9 I need to get medical insurance, but I don't know anything about it.
What do y'all recommend? Kaiser? What should I look for? Thanks.
\_ most people hate kaiser enough that this sounds like bait, but
i'll bite anyway. i've used kaiser, blue cross hmo, and blue
cross ppo. i like kaiser because there's no guesswork on what
i'm going to get charged when i walk in the door and
appointments tend to be on time. i'm relatively healthy and
i've learned how to use the system. conversely, a friend of
mine had ovarian cancer and was repeatedly misdiagnosed by
her Kaiser doctor and had to get it all taken care of at
Stanford. --sony
\_ kaiser's fine if you dont get sick, or really sick. Don't
expect them to try to hard if you're dying.
-- someone who's had 2 relatives die under kaiser care.
\_ Kaiser, like all HMOs, listens to the squeaky wheel. You can
get along okay if you keep complaining or ask for a second
opinion. People get misdiagnosed all the time, everywhere.
\_ http://www.ehealthinsurance.com is where i went. rates were pretty
cheap. -uctt
\_ Any PPO >> Any POS >> Any HMO (non-Kaiser) >> Kaiser. Don't go
cheap on your health. If you knew in advance when you were going
to get sick, you wouldn't need insurance, would you? |
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