Dave Barry on Managed Care

[Guest guest]

" ...if you get involved with the medical care system in any way,

including sending flowers to a hospital patient, you will spend the

rest of your life wading through baffling statements from insurance

companies. I speak with authority here. At some point in the past,

some member of my family apparently received medical care, and now

every day, rain or shine, my employer's insurance company sends me at

least one letter, comically titled " Explanation of Benefits, " which

looks like it was created by the Internal Revenue Service From Hell.

It's covered with numbers indicating my in-network, out-of-pocket

deductible; my out-of-network, nondeductible pocketable; my

semi-pocketed, nonworkable, indestructible Duckable, etc. "

[Guest guest]

Oh, that Dave Barry piece on the health care system is priceless! Thanks for

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