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RE: Protocols for Insurance to Maintain Privacy
On 10/31/97 12:46 PM, Tim May ([email protected]) passed this wisdom:
>I had an engineer working for me who cheerfully used the company medical
>plan for all it was worth. If his kid had a cold, off to the doctor. If his
>wife felt feverish, off to the doctor. If he had an upset stomache after
>lunch (understandable considering the state of company food and
>burrito-vending machines in 1980), off to the doctor. He may have paid $5
>per visit. Of course, he took off a lot of time to make these various treks
>to have his kids, himself, and his wife "treated" (given aspirin, told to
>drink plenty of fluids, whatever). A nice racket for the hospitals.
This is one (of many) things my ex-wife and I used to disagree on ...
she would want to haul the kid or herself off to the Emergency room
everytime anything happened ... the idea of sleeping on it and seeing how
it seemed in the morning was foreign to her; I can see that broken limbs
getting sharp raps in head etc ... but every little sniffle ... of course
premiums are up. For us, it was zero co-pay since between my retired
military status and back then Raytheon medical coverage I never had to
lay out a penny, when its that free eats easy to over-indulge ... and
during those times I spent in the ER waiting room I saw many other doing
the same thing.
Brian B. Riley --> http://www.macconnect.com/~brianbr
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