Posted by Karen44 on June 28, 2006, at 23:26:12
In reply to Re: January won't come fast enough. » Bonnie_CA, posted by Phillipa on June 28, 2006, at 13:18:46
I have family in California, and this stuff with Kaiser sounds almost unethical to me. I would want to get an attorney and sue the hell out of them. I don't think I could deal with this myself. You two must be really strong to put up with that crap. I am in the Chicago area and though Illinois ranks 48 out of 50 for providing mental health services to it's citizenry, I am very lucky to have a job that provides BC-BS insurance HMO or PPO which ever we choose. Obviously my contribution is higher with the PPO, but I get dental and eye glasses too. I should count my lucky stars. With all the problems I have had with psychotropic medications, I am so glad to be able to not only actually see a psychiatrist every week, I can email him about med's too. Actually, I have several medical doctors as well who are fine with me emailing them too--my pulmonary doctor, my neurosurgeon, my primary doctor, and my ENT doctor when I was seeing him. My medical doctors are all at the University of Chicago, and my psychiatrist used to be there but is not any more. After reading others' experiences, I am grateful every day to have what I have here. The best I can offer I guess is to do whatever you can to get away from Kaiser. Haven't they been sued in the past for their practices?
Karen
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