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To: cva66snipe
Read this article. It explains a lot. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A198-2002Aug9.html
41 posted on 08/09/2002 5:53:06 PM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: Clara Lou
would have forced sick or injured patients to run all around town getting signatures before they could get care or medicine," said Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.

And what are they doing now? Is Bush going to demand that Congress make HMO's stop the prior approval nonsense which can take months of running around getting information and signatures? It's funny my HMO can as of right now get all my medical info they want. You know those funny coding numbers on your bill? Yea they tell it all. Insurance company gets a copy. This info as it is also being done now will be used by HMO's to further second guess doctors judgements and as a tool to delay payments even more. He's not pushing this for we the people.

67 posted on 08/09/2002 8:39:56 PM PDT by cva66snipe
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