Re: AKICIF: Kaiser vs. Blue Cross?

In article <00A7587E.A82762FF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing <winston@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>In article <fplfbk$l0k$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 (Paul
Ciszek) writes:
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>>Kaiser HMO vs. Blue Cross-Blue Shield PPO?
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>I don't think I remember what state you're in. In
>California, my experience was that the quality of care
>varied greatly from Kaiser facility to Kaiser facility.

I think that's key if you go with Kaiser. A few years ago,
I took a friend in to the Santa Theresa Kaiser one evening
about 11PM -- 40-something very overweight guy with chest
pain -- and it was something like 30 minutes before anyone
even looked at him. I'm no medical professional, but that
strikes me as deeply, deeply wrong. Thank God it was gall
stones, and not The Obvious.

But I know other people who have had very good experience
with Kaiser.

I have heard that with Kaiser, you have to be prepared to
jump up and down and demand appropriate treatment.

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