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Top 10 signs you joined a cheap HMO
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Bredesen)
Tue May 18 19:06:47 1999
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Subject: FW: Cheap HMO
> Top 10 signs you joined a cheap HMO
>
> 10. Annual breast exam conducted at Hooters.
>
> 9. Directions to your doctor's office include, "take a left when you
> enter the trailer park."
>
> 8. Tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicle.
>
> 7. Only proctologist in the plan is "Gus" from Roto-Rooter.
>
> 6. Only item listed under Preventive Care feature of coverage is "an
> apple a day".
>
> 5. Your "primary care physician" is wearing the pants you gave to
> Goodwill last month.
>
> 4. "Patient responsible for 200% of out-of-network charges" is not a
> typo.
>
> 3. The only expense covered 100% is embalming.
>
> 2. With your last HMO, your Viagra pills didn't come in different colors
> with little "M"'s on them.
>
> and Number 1 Sign You've Joined a Cheap HMO...
>
> 1. You ask for Viagra. You get a popsicle stick and duct tape.
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