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Skriven 2007-01-30 18:58:16 av Wesley Struebing (14592.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: A quick note from your hosts
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:29:03 GMT, Amy Guskin <aisling@fjordstone.com>
wrote:

>>>On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:19:08 -0500, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote
>(in article <c6kvr2ll7v0pv29rel6dneoqhbjoa0767e@gordol.org>):
>
>> It is alleged that Richard Fallstrom claimed:
>> 
>>> Volt Services in Bellevue, WA has been approaching me about tech work.
>> 
>> I get paid by Volt, the company I work for uses them for outsourced HR
>> management (there's only a few of us in the company that actually get a
>> salary (don't ask...)).  The only problem I have with them is the
>> health plan... it's United Healthcare.  Doctor's offices give me looks
>> of pity when I show my health care card.<<
>
>I hated United Healthcare when I had them, too, for about three years (the 
>PPO).  This year, my husband's company (I'm self-employed so we get the 
>insurance through him) changed to Aetna.  My prescriptions have gone up 
>considerably, so I'm feeling very nostalgic about UHC these days.  :-(
>
>Aetna's PPO goes by "POS," which I assume stands for "piece of shit."  :-p
>
My insurance is UHC PPO.  And, for once, we've been pretty-well
pleased with them.  There are few "AAARRRGGGHHSSSSS!!!!!", mostly
dealing with their long-term prescription provider Medco
(365wellstreet), but it apparently isn't relegated to just them.  Our
doctor says she can't "prove" it, but it appears that the big
prescription companies collude - one will cover one drug and one will
cover another - but not both by one provider.  So, if you're in the
boat, like my DW, where, say, Nexium is the only drug that really
works on your reflux, you're screwed if you use Medco.  "It's not
covered."  And if you have a different plan, something like, say,
Plavix (this is just an example - not necessarily accurate) won't be
covered.  It's like they're forcing physicians to prescribe what
*they* want the physicians to prescribe, not vice versa.

But UHC itself has been very good to us - up to and including saving
us almost $15,000 last year for Molli's 2005 heart attack.

YMMV, obviously...<G>

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