Re: [UC] re: Purpose of this listserve

2009-12-23 Thread Wilma de Soto
No, Georgia! Thank YOU! On 12/22/09 10:13 PM, "georgia...@aol.com" wrote: > Wow! I guess, like everything else, it all depends on who is doing the > "talking". I am touched by the friendliness and the concern many people have > shown, and I will take their advice about learning who to listen

Re: [UC] Blue cross changes to junk insurance

2009-12-23 Thread Glenn moyer
"I can't believe BC is discontinuing the Personal Choice for you!  That's already, if not "cadillac", then pretty darn close and the premiums on that are really high."Wendy and Al, thanks for your suggestions and good wishes.  The health insurance companies are exempt from anti-trust laws.  All com

[UC] Bravo health care

2009-12-23 Thread Krfapt
Someone mentioned Bravo health care to me in a private response to my giving my expecience changing from Keystone 65 to Aetna for Medicare Advantage. I don't know much about Bravo, but I understand they are going to put a walk-in clinic in for former Rite-Aid store at 43rd & Walnut. This sou

Re: [UC] Bravo health care

2009-12-23 Thread Glenn moyer
"I don't know much about Bravo, but I understand they are going to put a walk-in clinic in for former Rite-Aid store at 43rd & Walnut. This sounds like something more than a primary care physician's office but less than a hospital -- for routine tests."  Al,I also know nothing about Bravo.  But

Re: [UC] Bravo health care

2009-12-23 Thread missthin
Al I saw that and was like, hmm, interesting. Could be where I end up as I know at some point my wonderful GP will be retiring (he's older himself)! In theory it sounds like a good idea. The ifs for me would be: would I have the same doctor (GP?) all the time or would I have to see whoever was a

Re: [UC] Bravo health care

2009-12-23 Thread Gerardo Razumney
I've had Bravo Premier, a Medicare Advantage plan, for the last year and I have been satisfied, until I got the brochure with information about the changes for 2010: They almost double the rate, increased many co-pays by 25% (and some by 100%) and most significantly, they 'forgot' to include in the

Re: [UC] Bravo health care

2009-12-23 Thread Wilma de Soto
As far as I¹m concerned I will not be around in 2014 unless through sheer defiance! On 12/23/09 4:13 PM, "missthin" wrote: > Al > > I saw that and was like, hmm, interesting.  Could be where I end up as I know > at some point my wonderful GP will be retiring (he's older himself)!  In > theory

Re: [UC] Bravo health care

2009-12-23 Thread craigsolve
-Original Message- From: Glenn moyer To: krf...@aol.com; UnivCity@list.purple.com Sent: Wed, Dec 23, 2009 10:21 am Subject: Re: [UC] Bravo health care The great medical successes in the very poor country, Cuba, should be studied. ___

[UC] Two FREE & wonderful holiday events - a reminder!

2009-12-23 Thread mlamond
Tomorrow, on Christmas eve, the St. Francis deSales choir will sing from 11 p.m. to midnight in their lovely (despite the scaffolding!) Victorian Romanesque Revival building at the corner of 47th St. & Springfield Ave.  Choir director Isabel Boston asked me to remind you that all are welcome.  (

Re: [UC] Bravo health care

2009-12-23 Thread Gerardo Razumney
Let's be clear about this: A superb medical technology which is available only to those who can afford while it condemns most of the population to inferior alternatives and limits the availability is NOT a real Health Care System, it is a sham. I couldn't care less about the number of world class