Well, shoot - that’s isn’t suspect, is it? “Gatekeeper doctors?” Was that their phrase? I understand them selling their own programs but anyone signing up for Kaiser has to use Kaiser doctors and Kaiser hospitals - the client doesn’t get a choice. I’ve never wanted to be tied down to one place, doctors chosen by the plan so I’ve never checked out their programs. Years ago in CA, they had a terrible reputation and then people’s opinions about them started to change and I guess whatever was bad about them was taken care of but I still didn’t want to be part of it...Since coming to GA, we’ve run into a few people who have Kaiser and never have a problem.
we used to say: “Kaiser is GREAT .... until you get sick”
For the eight years we lived in California we had Kaiser HBO, and we loved it. Sure, you needed to use their facilities and doctors, but they all were wonderful. Actually, when we decided to leave California, we strongly considered Georgia because they have Kaiser there. (Ended up in Tennessee due to a job offer DH couldn’t refuse.)
We had Kaiser in CA from 1996-2010 and loved it. I went off it for one year knowing I needed hip replacement and the doctor I wanted wasn’t in Kaiser. Otherwise, it worked for us.