Thomas
Lakewood,#2Consumer Comment
Sun, February 24, 2008
My mother belonged to Kaiser for several years and was became really ticked when she heard complaint's about HMOS. When my mother died, I was left to take care of her final bills. Although she had been taken to a non-Kaiser hospital due to an emergency, Kaiser paid her bills without question.
Sherri
Piedmont,#3Consumer Comment
Tue, November 23, 2004
I got appendicitis while traveling in Georgia and had to have an emergency appendectomy at a non-Kaiser facility. They paid about 80% of my bill. My stepdaughter had an asthma attack and had to go emergently to a non-Kaiser facility and they paid all but about $75.00 for going out of plan. The only negative I can express about Kaiser is that it sometimes takes awhile to get an appointment with my Primary Care Physician, though I can usually be seen by one of her associates the same day. I would rather deal with Kaiser than Healthnet ANY DAY. If you REALLY want to have fun, try getting semi-emergent surgery scheduled when you have Pacificare. People b***h and moan about HMOs, but unfortunately, the same roadblocks are being put out by the so-called PPOs. In many ways, they are more restrictive than a HMO.