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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

So you got caught in the 100 mile rule.  I'm sure companies love small 
states like PA!  They rarely have to anti-up under the 100 mile rule.

Which btw states in most insurance policies, that if you can't get services 
from one of their member physicians that they will pay a non-member 
physician.  Some will say an hour drive and then when you show that it takes 
more than an hour, they will state that the hour rule applies to mathmatical 
calculations, not how long it actually takes you.  Cute, huh?

That is a rule that needs to change.

Lynda
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."  Aldous Huxley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>


> I don't see much hope for healthcare reform, no matter what 'they' do. The
> whole system is so screwed up. My kids have health insurance, supposedly
> GOOD insurance, through their father's employer. But their primary 
> physician
> is over 50 miles away. There is not one single physician in my county that
> their health plan will accept. My son got a physical for something, then
> needed a physical 8 months later for his learner's permit for driving 
> (geez;
> I didn't need one, but that was many years ago). Anyway, the company
> wouldn't pay for 2 in a year, but the DMV wouldn't accept one over 6 
> months
> old, so the Dr. had to make up some excuse (ingrown toenail) to bill for. 
> My
> ex's company changes providers every couple of years, and more often than
> not,. the kids have to find a new doctor. Thank goodness we don't have any
> on-going health problems, so it doesn't really matter. I just roll my eyes
> and hope we don't ever really need healthcare.