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To: aladin who wrote (125896)7/18/2005 11:02:03 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 793801
 
It also reduced costs by requiring new members to come in for check-ups and having regular ongoing visits (ie the 'Maintenance' component. All in all a stich-in-time-saves-nine model.

My father has an HMO. They are very attentive and make sure he goes in regularly for checkups. I went with him once. Those appointments consist of saying "ah" and getting blood pressure and temperature taken. That's an exaggeration, but not by much. So much for preventive maintenance. His HMO "doctor" isn't even a doctor. He has a malfunctioning aortic heart valve. The reason we know that is that he collapsed the last time I was there in the fall and I called 911. He spend several days in the hospital and that's how it was diagnosed.

I have BCBS. I recently had a CT angiography, a really snazzy test. They measure blockages in your arteries and all sorts of other chest items. Even give you color photos and a DVR of the scans. I have had no sign of heart disease and I now have a DVR to prove it. My father is 91. He's never even had LDL measured during any of those maintenance visits. Or a chest xray.

Of course, his plan is very affordable and that's what matters most to him. But so much for the "preventative maintenance" comparison, IMO.
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