Eeyore wrote:


Joerg wrote:


Eeyore wrote:

Also, I gather that your popular HMO policies restrict the treatment available to you.

Mine does not. In fact, I know people insured with my HMO (Kaiser) that
got PET scans authorized within the hour after finding a speck of
cancer. The stories I've heard from European cancer patients paint a
very different picture.


I didn't mean just about PET scans.

http://www.google.com/search?&q=hmo+restrictions


There will always be restrictions, else systems will be abused.

What HMOs do pay for is sometimes stunning. For example, friends of ours
had a full blown in vitro, resulting in beautiful twins. All paid for by
the HMO. I don't make this up, I held one of them in my arms.

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Regards, Joerg

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