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Originally Posted by jonnydoe
Unions are how many of the group insurance plans for other workers started so you were fortunate. Blue Cross didn't merge with Blue Shield until the early 80s. Before you had two policies...I think Cross was for doctors and shield was for hospitals. Before this time our health care was so cheap not many people carried anything except for an indemnity policy that would pay cash benefits in case of scheduled accidents/illnesses.
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I never dealt with Blue Shield until 2009. People had health insurance long before HMO's and PPO's came about.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Lloyd I have no idea what you're talking about. His "overhead" is definitely not as much.
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You don't think overhead could have something to do with pricing?
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And YES, 4 years ago CM had a kidney stone. It was diagnosed by her DOCTOR. That doctor performed the surgery to remove that kidney stone which was done via sound waves. It cost almost 8 thousand fucking dollars.
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That must have been an exception to the case. I know several people that have had kidney stones, including an ex-wife, and every one of them pissed them out.