From: Bill Lucy 

In article , greggstrom{at}earthlink.net says...

> > I think that existing health insurance and government programs have
> > gone a long way toward elevating prices payed by the uninsured who
> > don't qualify for government programs.
>
> A very good point.  When I told Markus about the rates at Kaiser (including
> the co-pay), he said, "Is THAT all it is? Then why this big deal about
> health care?" (I believe I've mentioned that here before....)

Does he have a pre-existing condition which may prevent or impide coverage?
Does his job permit him to enter into that particular program? Does he
travel? Does the contract disallow him from anything but emergency services
outside the normal coverage area? Is he limited to certain clinics? Are
referrals easy or difficult to get under the contract?

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