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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: SecularBull who wrote (153033)6/14/2001 12:18:58 AM
From: ThirdEye  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
If you want my honest opinion I would say this: If your HMO, along with a bill for higher premiums, showed you a list of measures it was taking to improve care in numerous areas that were of concern to you, you might actually pay the higher rate without squawking too much. On the other hand, if you saw 6 headlines in one year about HMO "X" paying large penalties for lawsuits they lost and then you got a bill for higher premiums, how would you feel? You'd be looking for a new plan.

Which way do you think the HMOs would prefer it?

Here's another scenario: suppose your HMO gave you a list of options on your plan with a condition being that you also had to agree to arbitration if there was ever any dispute about your care. You'd look pretty hard at that. Like buying a car. You want to buy a car without airbags, you pay higher rates. You want to join a plan that gives you direct access to specialists, you pay higher rates.

Yada, yada.
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