Re: IRATE HERE . . . was RE: google pages

[Guest guest]

.. It is highway robbery.. After reading your post, I am

dreading having to call Blue Cross today to try and get a new glucose

meter..

About 3 months ago I wanted to reduce my auto insurance and it took 2

weeks, 3 letters and more phone calls than I care to remember. They

gave me the address themselves over the phone and then told me they

could not act on my request because I sent it to the wrong addresss.

Every person I talked to had a different story...You can bet if I

wanted to increase my coverage they would have done it with one phone

call..

>

> Impressive pages, Bob!

>

> After reading the last few messages, I read my mail -- from Secure

Horizons,

> the United Health Care HMO. I signed up for it in '97 or '98, and

was told

> all along that it was Medicare Complete and I had Medicare AND the

> " complete " part. Well, I found out different and dis-enrolled. Or I

thought

> I did. So what does my letter tell me? Ha!

>

>

>

> We cannot process your disenrollment until we have received the

information

> requested below:

>

> _X_ We are unable to determine your eligibility to disenroll.

Medicare

> allows changes in coverage only during certain times of the year

unless you

> qualify for certain exceptions. To determine if you are eligible to

> disenroll as requested, please complete the attached disenrollment

that

> applies to you. You may also call the number listed below to

provide this

> information or if you have any questions about when you can change

plans.

>

> And on the next page:

>

> If you request disenrollment, you must continue to receive all

medical care

> from MedicareComplete until the effective date of disenrollment.

Contact us

> to verify your disenrollment before you seek medical services

outside of

> MedicareComplete's network. We will notify you of your effective

date after

> we have received this form from you.

>

> All those " you must " and " you can " and the situation is a set-up by

the HMO

> philosophy: Pcp's send you to a specialist and only after you go to

that

> specialist do you find out s/he doesn't take the insurance,

resulting in an

> awesomely out-of-range expense! The idea seems to pop the low-cost

medical

> care right up to high-cost medical care ASAP.

>

> So it's the HMO that makes the rules and tells you you can't get

OUT?

> Hogwash! Is this The Firm or something?!

>

> So . . . am I misinterpreting a good thing or is it highway robbery?

>

> Looks like I've got some calls to make. This is outrageous – and

comes at a

> very bad time, too.

>

>

>

>

>

> " I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's

fashions. " -

> Lillian Hellman

>

>

>

> google pages

>

>

>

> I have been making these pages to share with people . They tak only

secons

> to create and it's free.

>

> http://robertwalkingeagle.googlepages.com/imagestudies

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

>

[Guest guest]

Wow Im like so surprised here. Called Blue Cross to see if I could

get a new meter.. They referred me to their site wherein I got a

couple of numbers.. Called one and they didnt have the meter I use

but gave me another number to call. After 2 minutes they are sending

me a FREE meter that I wanted and they didnt even take my insurance

info. It wasnt necessary.. If anyone wants these numbers, let me

know.. Debra

> >

> > Impressive pages, Bob!

> >

> > After reading the last few messages, I read my mail -- from

Secure

> Horizons,

> > the United Health Care HMO. I signed up for it in '97 or '98, and

> was told

> > all along that it was Medicare Complete and I had Medicare AND the

> > " complete " part. Well, I found out different and dis-enrolled. Or

I

> thought

> > I did. So what does my letter tell me? Ha!

> >

> >

> >

> > We cannot process your disenrollment until we have received the

> information

> > requested below:

> >

> > _X_ We are unable to determine your eligibility to disenroll.

> Medicare

> > allows changes in coverage only during certain times of the year

> unless you

> > qualify for certain exceptions. To determine if you are eligible

to

> > disenroll as requested, please complete the attached

disenrollment

> that

> > applies to you. You may also call the number listed below to

> provide this

> > information or if you have any questions about when you can

change

> plans.

> >

> > And on the next page:

> >

> > If you request disenrollment, you must continue to receive all

> medical care

> > from MedicareComplete until the effective date of disenrollment.

> Contact us

> > to verify your disenrollment before you seek medical services

> outside of

> > MedicareComplete's network. We will notify you of your effective

> date after

> > we have received this form from you.

> >

> > All those " you must " and " you can " and the situation is a set-up

by

> the HMO

> > philosophy: Pcp's send you to a specialist and only after you go

to

> that

> > specialist do you find out s/he doesn't take the insurance,

> resulting in an

> > awesomely out-of-range expense! The idea seems to pop the low-

cost

> medical

> > care right up to high-cost medical care ASAP.

> >

> > So it's the HMO that makes the rules and tells you you can't get

> OUT?

> > Hogwash! Is this The Firm or something?!

> >

> > So . . . am I misinterpreting a good thing or is it highway

robbery?

> >

> > Looks like I've got some calls to make. This is outrageous – and

> comes at a

> > very bad time, too.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > " I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's

> fashions. " -

> > Lillian Hellman

> >

> >

> >

> > google pages

> >

> >

> >

> > I have been making these pages to share with people . They tak

only

> secons

> > to create and it's free.

> >

> > http://robertwalkingeagle.googlepages.com/imagestudies

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > __________________________________________________

> >

> >