Hasnt had a single problem with them, cept that her BC pills are not covered.
this and very similar issues is the main reason why a lot of people don’t like kaiser, but it is also the reason why medicine should march toward something like the kaiser model if we are to save ourselves from cost over runs that will eventually BK this country.
let’s take the birth control pill Seasonale. cost per year is $740/person. if you use generic pill like microgestin, cost per year is $100/person.
if you can just get 1500 women to use generics like microgestin instead of Seasonale (which essentially does the same thing), you’ve just SAVED $1 MILLION.
in the typical medical world, woman watches Seasonale TV commercial, goes to her doctor (who just got treated to lunch by the Seasonale rep), she asks for Seasonale and gets it. Great, she gets to have a period every 3 months now. Terrific. She pays a slightly higher brand name co-pay, but everybody carries the burden of her desire to have less frequent periods.
in the Kaiser world, woman goes to her doctor, who tells her SHE has to pay the $640 difference. She opts for the generics. she continues to get monthly periods. But 1500 women later, we save $1 million.
that is the Kaiser difference, it saves us from ourselves.
