[jennyo]

I have had Kaiser for over 10 years and I think they are OK if you never really need to use them, or if you are in need of serious medical procedures/treatment. That said, switching is too much of a hassle and I have had PPOs before that didn’t seem any more efficient.

My husband and I have had a few bad Kaiser experiences, once he almost sliced his finger off while greasing his bicycle chain and while Kaiser was great in keeping his hand intact, they left a staple in his hand which later got infected and required additional outpatient surgery. A couple years ago I had a bicycle accident and could tell my elbow was hurt pretty bad. They took x-rays and told me it was OK, a soft tissue injury and that I should make sure to flex my arm frequently to work it out. 5 days later they called me and said that the chief radiologist had looked at the x-ray and that a bone in my elbow was fractured, and that I should not move it, and should come in immediately and get it set. Only it was memorial day weekend so the soonest I could get in was Tuesday (this on a Friday). That was annoying. Another time I had a bad cough, and I was getting ready to go on a trip to Paris, so I went in and the doctor just told me to take sudafed. The cough got progressively worse, and basically ruined my trip. When I got back they diagnosed it as whooping cough, which is highly contagious. Poor people on the 12-hour plane ride with me…

BUT, all of my friends who’ve had babies with them absolutely rave about it, including those who Kaiser provided midwives for (which I would consider semi-alternative medicine). Another friend had lifelong epilepsy and was able to get, through Kaiser, experimental treatments that essentially made the epilepsy disappear. And a very close friend of mine with Cystic Fibrosis had a double-lung transplant 2 years ago at age 40 which has completely changed her life, courtesy of Kaiser.

I think every health-care-providing bureaucracy is going to have its problems and inefficiencies and some percentage of customers is going to experience them.

[jennyo]

I have had Kaiser for over 10 years and I think they are OK if you never really need to use them, or if you are in need of serious medical procedures/treatment. That said, switching is too much of a hassle and I have had PPOs before that didn’t seem any more efficient.

My husband and I have had a few bad Kaiser experiences, once he almost sliced his finger off while greasing his bicycle chain and while Kaiser was great in keeping his hand intact, they left a staple in his hand which later got infected and required additional outpatient surgery. A couple years ago I had a bicycle accident and could tell my elbow was hurt pretty bad. They took x-rays and told me it was OK, a soft tissue injury and that I should make sure to flex my arm frequently to work it out. 5 days later they called me and said that the chief radiologist had looked at the x-ray and that a bone in my elbow was fractured, and that I should not move it, and should come in immediately and get it set. Only it was memorial day weekend so the soonest I could get in was Tuesday (this on a Friday). That was annoying. Another time I had a bad cough, and I was getting ready to go on a trip to Paris, so I went in and the doctor just told me to take sudafed. The cough got progressively worse, and basically ruined my trip. When I got back they diagnosed it as whooping cough, which is highly contagious. Poor people on the 12-hour plane ride with me…

BUT, all of my friends who’ve had babies with them absolutely rave about it, including those who Kaiser provided midwives for (which I would consider semi-alternative medicine). Another friend had lifelong epilepsy and was able to get, through Kaiser, experimental treatments that essentially made the epilepsy disappear. And a very close friend of mine with Cystic Fibrosis had a double-lung transplant 2 years ago at age 40 which has completely changed her life, courtesy of Kaiser.

I think every health-care-providing bureaucracy is going to have its problems and inefficiencies and some percentage of customers is going to experience them.

[jennyo]

I have had Kaiser for over 10 years and I think they are OK if you never really need to use them, or if you are in need of serious medical procedures/treatment. That said, switching is too much of a hassle and I have had PPOs before that didn’t seem any more efficient.

My husband and I have had a few bad Kaiser experiences, once he almost sliced his finger off while greasing his bicycle chain and while Kaiser was great in keeping his hand intact, they left a staple in his hand which later got infected and required additional outpatient surgery. A couple years ago I had a bicycle accident and could tell my elbow was hurt pretty bad. They took x-rays and told me it was OK, a soft tissue injury and that I should make sure to flex my arm frequently to work it out. 5 days later they called me and said that the chief radiologist had looked at the x-ray and that a bone in my elbow was fractured, and that I should not move it, and should come in immediately and get it set. Only it was memorial day weekend so the soonest I could get in was Tuesday (this on a Friday). That was annoying. Another time I had a bad cough, and I was getting ready to go on a trip to Paris, so I went in and the doctor just told me to take sudafed. The cough got progressively worse, and basically ruined my trip. When I got back they diagnosed it as whooping cough, which is highly contagious. Poor people on the 12-hour plane ride with me…

BUT, all of my friends who’ve had babies with them absolutely rave about it, including those who Kaiser provided midwives for (which I would consider semi-alternative medicine). Another friend had lifelong epilepsy and was able to get, through Kaiser, experimental treatments that essentially made the epilepsy disappear. And a very close friend of mine with Cystic Fibrosis had a double-lung transplant 2 years ago at age 40 which has completely changed her life, courtesy of Kaiser.

I think every health-care-providing bureaucracy is going to have its problems and inefficiencies and some percentage of customers is going to experience them.

[jennyo]

I have had Kaiser for over 10 years and I think they are OK if you never really need to use them, or if you are in need of serious medical procedures/treatment. That said, switching is too much of a hassle and I have had PPOs before that didn’t seem any more efficient.

My husband and I have had a few bad Kaiser experiences, once he almost sliced his finger off while greasing his bicycle chain and while Kaiser was great in keeping his hand intact, they left a staple in his hand which later got infected and required additional outpatient surgery. A couple years ago I had a bicycle accident and could tell my elbow was hurt pretty bad. They took x-rays and told me it was OK, a soft tissue injury and that I should make sure to flex my arm frequently to work it out. 5 days later they called me and said that the chief radiologist had looked at the x-ray and that a bone in my elbow was fractured, and that I should not move it, and should come in immediately and get it set. Only it was memorial day weekend so the soonest I could get in was Tuesday (this on a Friday). That was annoying. Another time I had a bad cough, and I was getting ready to go on a trip to Paris, so I went in and the doctor just told me to take sudafed. The cough got progressively worse, and basically ruined my trip. When I got back they diagnosed it as whooping cough, which is highly contagious. Poor people on the 12-hour plane ride with me…

BUT, all of my friends who’ve had babies with them absolutely rave about it, including those who Kaiser provided midwives for (which I would consider semi-alternative medicine). Another friend had lifelong epilepsy and was able to get, through Kaiser, experimental treatments that essentially made the epilepsy disappear. And a very close friend of mine with Cystic Fibrosis had a double-lung transplant 2 years ago at age 40 which has completely changed her life, courtesy of Kaiser.

I think every health-care-providing bureaucracy is going to have its problems and inefficiencies and some percentage of customers is going to experience them.

[jennyo]

I have had Kaiser for over 10 years and I think they are OK if you never really need to use them, or if you are in need of serious medical procedures/treatment. That said, switching is too much of a hassle and I have had PPOs before that didn’t seem any more efficient.

My husband and I have had a few bad Kaiser experiences, once he almost sliced his finger off while greasing his bicycle chain and while Kaiser was great in keeping his hand intact, they left a staple in his hand which later got infected and required additional outpatient surgery. A couple years ago I had a bicycle accident and could tell my elbow was hurt pretty bad. They took x-rays and told me it was OK, a soft tissue injury and that I should make sure to flex my arm frequently to work it out. 5 days later they called me and said that the chief radiologist had looked at the x-ray and that a bone in my elbow was fractured, and that I should not move it, and should come in immediately and get it set. Only it was memorial day weekend so the soonest I could get in was Tuesday (this on a Friday). That was annoying. Another time I had a bad cough, and I was getting ready to go on a trip to Paris, so I went in and the doctor just told me to take sudafed. The cough got progressively worse, and basically ruined my trip. When I got back they diagnosed it as whooping cough, which is highly contagious. Poor people on the 12-hour plane ride with me…

BUT, all of my friends who’ve had babies with them absolutely rave about it, including those who Kaiser provided midwives for (which I would consider semi-alternative medicine). Another friend had lifelong epilepsy and was able to get, through Kaiser, experimental treatments that essentially made the epilepsy disappear. And a very close friend of mine with Cystic Fibrosis had a double-lung transplant 2 years ago at age 40 which has completely changed her life, courtesy of Kaiser.

I think every health-care-providing bureaucracy is going to have its problems and inefficiencies and some percentage of customers is going to experience them.

[jennyo]

I have noticed that even on Yahoo games where it says the game is not Mac-compatible, it will run using firefox. I have only ever owned Apple computers since journalism school in the late 1980’s and while they cost more, they seem to last a long time. Until I replaced it with a macbook about 18 months ago, I was using a 1999 turquoise clamshell ibook. That thing was bulletproof. My PC at work seems to get replaced every 3 years.

[jennyo]

I have noticed that even on Yahoo games where it says the game is not Mac-compatible, it will run using firefox. I have only ever owned Apple computers since journalism school in the late 1980’s and while they cost more, they seem to last a long time. Until I replaced it with a macbook about 18 months ago, I was using a 1999 turquoise clamshell ibook. That thing was bulletproof. My PC at work seems to get replaced every 3 years.

[jennyo]

I have noticed that even on Yahoo games where it says the game is not Mac-compatible, it will run using firefox. I have only ever owned Apple computers since journalism school in the late 1980’s and while they cost more, they seem to last a long time. Until I replaced it with a macbook about 18 months ago, I was using a 1999 turquoise clamshell ibook. That thing was bulletproof. My PC at work seems to get replaced every 3 years.

[jennyo]

I have noticed that even on Yahoo games where it says the game is not Mac-compatible, it will run using firefox. I have only ever owned Apple computers since journalism school in the late 1980’s and while they cost more, they seem to last a long time. Until I replaced it with a macbook about 18 months ago, I was using a 1999 turquoise clamshell ibook. That thing was bulletproof. My PC at work seems to get replaced every 3 years.

[jennyo]

I have noticed that even on Yahoo games where it says the game is not Mac-compatible, it will run using firefox. I have only ever owned Apple computers since journalism school in the late 1980’s and while they cost more, they seem to last a long time. Until I replaced it with a macbook about 18 months ago, I was using a 1999 turquoise clamshell ibook. That thing was bulletproof. My PC at work seems to get replaced every 3 years.

[jennyo]

Craigslist is the way to go. Before listing it, go to Carmax for a cash offer that is good for a specified period of time (I think its 7 days or 300 miles). I would recommend getting the Carmax offer and using that to counter any offers you get on Craigslist. It’s good to have in case people want to dicker with you on price. I have found Carmax’s offers to be more than fair, often much higher than a dealer trade-in offer. And you don’t have to smog before selling.

[jennyo]

Craigslist is the way to go. Before listing it, go to Carmax for a cash offer that is good for a specified period of time (I think its 7 days or 300 miles). I would recommend getting the Carmax offer and using that to counter any offers you get on Craigslist. It’s good to have in case people want to dicker with you on price. I have found Carmax’s offers to be more than fair, often much higher than a dealer trade-in offer. And you don’t have to smog before selling.

[jennyo]

Craigslist is the way to go. Before listing it, go to Carmax for a cash offer that is good for a specified period of time (I think its 7 days or 300 miles). I would recommend getting the Carmax offer and using that to counter any offers you get on Craigslist. It’s good to have in case people want to dicker with you on price. I have found Carmax’s offers to be more than fair, often much higher than a dealer trade-in offer. And you don’t have to smog before selling.

[jennyo]

Craigslist is the way to go. Before listing it, go to Carmax for a cash offer that is good for a specified period of time (I think its 7 days or 300 miles). I would recommend getting the Carmax offer and using that to counter any offers you get on Craigslist. It’s good to have in case people want to dicker with you on price. I have found Carmax’s offers to be more than fair, often much higher than a dealer trade-in offer. And you don’t have to smog before selling.

[jennyo]

Craigslist is the way to go. Before listing it, go to Carmax for a cash offer that is good for a specified period of time (I think its 7 days or 300 miles). I would recommend getting the Carmax offer and using that to counter any offers you get on Craigslist. It’s good to have in case people want to dicker with you on price. I have found Carmax’s offers to be more than fair, often much higher than a dealer trade-in offer. And you don’t have to smog before selling.

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