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From: ocean_dancer2001 (no email)
Date: Tue Dec 02 2003 - 15:47:02 EST
Dean,
Sadly enough, I can't say I'm suprised. The insurance issue is
only going to become more and more wide spread, and the situation
will get much worse before it gets any better.
Is anyone aware how many people in the US are faced with filing
bankruptcy now, simply because of medical bills that they cannot
pay, because they either didn't have any insurance, or their
insurance companies refused to pay a claim and the burden fell on
the client/patient? The number of bankruptcies filed in the US has
risen to an all time high, because of this.
I surely don't pretend to have the solution to this very
pressing issue, but again, I strongly advise stuffing your $$$ under
your mattress...at least then you'd have some $$$ to cover your
medical needs, and you surely have more medical choices available to
you in the event you actually need something ( as in...not being
forced into choosing a doctor from their "preferred" list).
Dean, what plans does your employer have now as a replacement
for BC/BS?
For Now,
Ocean_Dancer~
--- In , "Dean Mastern"
<dsmastern at h dot dot dot > wrote:
> Regarding Blue Cross/Blue Shield, many of you may not know this,
but here in
> Texas approx. 80% of doctors will not be accepting BCBS any more.
I feel
> that this trend will spread as Blue Cross/Blue Shield raises rates
while
> decreasing benefits. Our company recently dropped BCBS because of
this.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "ocean_dancer2001" <ocean_dancer2001 at y dot dot dot >
> Reply-To:
> To:
> Subject: [world-cruising] Re: medical insurance
> Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 01:16:58 -0000
>
> B Geres,
>
> Thanx for the input, and some good info for sure. I'll go
out on
> a limb here and say that I suspect you worked for Blue Cross/Blue
> Shield at one time? Perhaps thats why you think their insurance
cards
> are like gold in the medical profession? I've never known that to
be
> true, but really off the point anyway.
> And I don't think any insurance carriers today are worth squat,
>
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