DocCec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
In a message dated 98-04-26 16:15:28 EDT, you write:
<< think that this is a consumer driven industry and the
patients would have to complain before anything would be done. Doctors are
just the pawns of the insurance agency and the insurance companies only care
about consumer satisfaction, and their own bottom line. I don't think any
of these HMO's are interested in quality care and they certainly do not give
a whit what the physicians think. Ron >>
Nor do they care what patients think, since no longer are patients free to
choose their source of health care support. More and more companies are
offering a single HMO for a reasonable cost and one other fee-for-service type
insurer at a much higher cost. And those of us on Medicare have even less
choice, since all the Medicare HMO's are essentially the same and for us, fee-
for-service coverage is practically impossible.
I'd think HCFA was the agency to look into this, although I know from my own
three years of working at HEW (now HHS) that "looking into" something can
become a lifetime task.
Doc
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