Ten Top Indicators that your Employer has changed to a cheaper HMO:

telos2000 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-14-2003, 02:29 PM

Ten Top Indicators that your Employer has changed to a cheaper HMO:

10. Your annual breast exam is done at Hooters.
9. Directions to your doctor's office include "Take a left
when you enter the trailer park."
8. The tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicles.
7. The only proctologist in the plan is "Gus" from RotoRooter.
6. The only item listed under Preventative Care coverage is
"An apple a day."
5. Your primary care physician is wearing the pants you gave
to Goodwill last month.
4. "The patient is responsible for 200% of out-of-network-
charges" is not a typo.
3. The only expense covered 100% is embalming.
2. With your last HMO, your Prozac didn't come in different
colors with little M's on them.
And the number 1 sign you've joined a cheap HMO:
1. You ask for Viagra; you get a Popsicle stick and duct tape.

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chippers21 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-14-2003, 02:41 PM

#5 may happen anyway if we don't get some torte reform.

Doctors used to be very high-paid as a profession but the rising cost of insurance has put our whole health care system in jeopardy.

thanks for the laugh tho/ I just could not resist the serious note/ my youngest is considering going into the medical field, but just yesterday he told me he may reconsider since he heard about what is happening to doctors all over the country- especially ob-gyns who can no longer afford to deliver babies.