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... what if you don't make it to a Kaiser emergency room? The Kaiser system would be great if every major hospital nationwide was under it. Kind of like a nat
by mdorazio 7y ago
... what if you don't make it to a Kaiser emergency room?
The Kaiser system would be great if every major hospital nationwide was under it. Kind of like a national healthcare system...
- henryfjordan 7y agoKaiser covers ER trips to other hospitals (I think they are probably required to by law). Any other Dr visit needs to be at a Kaiser though and it is def to your benefit to try to make it to a Kaiser even for the ER if you can.
- laurencerowe 7y agoMy experience has been fine with Kaiser for an out of network ER visit, I just got charged the standard copay. CA law seems to specifically protect those of us on HMO plans: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/SF-General-s-insured-patients-suffer-further-13543542.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/SF... """ Under state law, the practice of “balance billing” — sending a bill to a patient if his or her insurance company doesn’t pay the full requested amount — is illegal for people insured through a health maintenance organization. Kaiser is an example of an HMO, a network of doctors that supplies services to its members. """
- ianmcgowan 7y agoMy wife had an emergency, which ended up with removing one of her ovaries. Kaiser was pretty insistent about transferring her from the closest ER to one of their facilities (which was stressful), but after that the treatment was awesome. After a some major surgery and a few days recovering the bill was completely covered. Kaiser isn't perfect, but they're the closest thing to a reasonable health-care system I've seen in the US. Agree that there are worse models for how to do healthcare, within some of the constraints of the US system.