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To: Ilaine who wrote (125612)	7/16/2005 1:04:37 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793854

Kaiser HMO operates on the preventive maintenance concept. What we call "insurance" when it comes to health care has deviated dramatically from the concept of insurance. I wouldn't call the Kaiser plan "insurance." It's really more like a prepaid, lump sum contract for medical care. More like a food coop than car or homeowners' insurance. It wouldn't make much sense to have car maintenance covered by a Kaiser-like plan, or at least we wouldn't call that type of an arrangement "insurance." We'd call it a maintenance contract.