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My experience in talking to people with chronic conditions that aren’t easily treatable is that Kaiser’s model works great until anything that’s slightly out of
by thewebcount 4y ago
My experience in talking to people with chronic conditions that aren’t easily treatable is that Kaiser’s model works great until anything that’s slightly out of the ordinary happens, and then it falls apart. If you’re a zebra (as in “when you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras”), their model is pretty horrible.
- CogitoCogito 4y agoSounds like they have intelligently optimized for the common case.
- dnissley 4y agoIsn't it pretty bad to be a zebra in general though? Certainly there isn't any place where zebras have it better than horses.
- sgent 4y agoYes but if you're at Kaiser in San Francisco and have a zebra there may only be one doc (or a small group) at UCSF that can treat your zebra, and they are not in the Kaiser network, so you go to Los Angles where Kaiser's specialist is, get treated by a lesser doc with a virtual visit assist from LA, or pay cash out of network.
- savanaly 4y agoI think their point is that it's relatively better under another system, not that it's amazing there.
- narrator 4y agoThe best thing about Kaiser, IMHO, is there is never a surprise out-of-network astronomical charge on the bill as I've seen with regular insurance.
- Kinrany 4y agoHave insurance split into two parts, the 95% cases and the rare and expensive?