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For another side of the story, a friend has stage 4 breast cancer which metastasized to her spine, requiring back surgery and very expensive ongoing treatment.
by Stratoscope 9y ago
For another side of the story, a friend has stage 4 breast cancer which metastasized to her spine, requiring back surgery and very expensive ongoing treatment.
She was on a high-deductible, high-copay Bronze plan last year, and Kaiser waived all the deductibles and copays for about eight months of treatment, up through the beginning of this year when she could get on a plan more suitable for her needs.
I'm not saying you're wrong, of course. I know little about the organization's history. But I was favorably impressed with how they've treated her, both medically and financially.
- swasheck 9y agoI've never been anything but impressed with Kaiser.
- blacksmith_tb 9y agoMy experience has been similar, KP paid out $250K when I was run over biking to work, most of it out-of-network, and were very reasonable during the settlement process - they recovered only half what they'd paid. Now, day-to-day, for smaller health issues, I would say that they don't always shine quite as bright, but overall they have been fine.