should i go to the unimployment office or apply for welfare to show some kind of income. i dont under stand why they make it so hard to get wic or hmo for a single pregnant mom that needs help?

Some of these plans are rip-offs.
This one solicited us by phone.
They only serve people on Medicade or PAAD (poverty population)

I have Anthem Blue Cross through my employer.

you know the ones that get bonuses for denying ,000 life saving cancer operations?
which company denies the most of its claims?

Why would HMOs pay anyone to compete with them. Please use your head.

What does HMO and PPO stand for in Medical Insurance terms and acronyms?

Thank you.

co-pay and needs referrals with the HMO
OR
00 deductible with no referrals with the major medical plan.

enrolling for benefis for my job and dont know anything about isurance.. new college grad

help would be appreciated.

Specifically, like 1 hour a day of home health aid visitation?

I have came down with a muscle disease and I have changed doctors so much with this HMO and I end up with doctors, that only wants to put you on a pill and not diagnose the problem. Could someone please give me some good references on doctor’s in Houston Texas or surrounding areas. Thanks

My mother has just retired due to illness, she needs to go to emergency will any emergency room be covered if she has health net hmo?

What type of insurance is better PPO or HMO? Right now I need help on getting an insurance my dad is out of work and he is in need of one due to him being in Chemotherapy.

Is abortion legal at all ?

Before November I had never heard a single positive statement about Insurance companies especially in relation to HMO’s. Now, that President Obama is trying to change the horrible way they do business, Republicans are aggressively loyal to these people, I wonder why?

I’m trying to get treatment for a vicodin addiction and I’ve decided to go with suboxone but I’m having a hard time finding a physician in my "network" .

I never hear that one. I wonder why?
Teddy? Great? You do understand the definition of great, right? Because it does not apply to Teddy. Ever.

Omnipod told me that I need to get a prior authorization for their insulin pump. How exactly is this process like? What do I need to say when I call insurance?

So HMOs were good in 1973 when Democrats support them, but now they are evil?

What is with the flip on this?

Or are people who support UHC that now hate the insurance companies completely unaware that it was Ted Kennedy’s bill that made HMOs?

Why not find someone with a record of success?

operation for a child, but when the media worries about its bottom lines they all the sudden cry foul.

Lets face it, the media is giving Obama more attention but here’s a NEWS FLASH: McCain doesn’t attract viewers - Obama does.

Attracting viewers is how media outlets make money, and its about the bottom lines, why is it suddenly so bad for the media to be concerned with its profits?

I’m trying to decide whether to enroll in Pacificare HMO or Blue Cross HMO. I’m wondering if anyone has opinions or preferences based on experience as a member. I’m also wondering if anyone knows whether physicians or medical groups prefer one HMO over the other.

Which is better to have i.e. has most benefits for cost?

Does anyone know of any doctors or clinics/hospitals in NY (Bronx or Manhattan)that take ‘plain’ medicaid? If not do you who I should contact to find out?

Thanks.

Start reading the bill, kids. It requires gatekeeping by your primary care physician. It limits which drugs are covered. It limits what kinds of services you can get. This is basically an HMO. Is this what you want?

I would appreciate answers from people who understand the need for lapband surgery.