re: Kaiser Permanente possibly acquiring Ochsner system???

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third one cost $60/month for employee-only coverae. But even if you have family coverage, the third option is only $150/month more than the first option.

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I still SMH at the memory of a middle of night discussion in the ER with a male nurse who had a BUNCH of kids.

During a night shift in hospitals there comes a real slowdown around 3am and especially ER staff kinda use the slower pace to chit chat. Happened to be there on a payday BEFORE Obamacare and everyone was talking about the usual payday stuff (rent/mtg, loans, etc.).

Subject of deductions came up and this one guy with 9 or 10 kids was looking at insurance deductions. My finance background kicked in and I was like “that can’t be right “. Dude was paying over $23k/year for health insurance alone, he had private dental coverage. At the time that was just about the average annual income per capita for the state of La..

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Dude was paying over $23k/year for health insurance alone,

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Don't most plans lock in to "family" coverage after 3 or 4 people are covered?

I know ours are

Employee
Employee + Spouse
Employee + Children
Family

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Don't most plans lock in to "family" coverage after 3 or 4 people are covered?

I know ours are

Employee
Employee + Spouse
Employee + Children
Family

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Remember the costs are different by company and when I say different they can be material.

Its always smart to really look over the medical coverage even if you are getting a nice raise to move jobs. The medical coverage alone can wipe out a good portion of your check if you arent paying attention.

It would be less than half that before the piece of crap Obama

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I heard their leadership is bending the ear of politicians to bring back mask mandates which also require face shields and pushing for employees to get triple boosted

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Yea none of this true. Where do y’all come up with this stuff.

I saw two of kaisers transition team employees today at lunch across the street from Lafayette general today. I guess where there’s smoke there’s fire.

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I see a doctor at ochsner in Baton Rouge. I don’t really understand how hospitals and clinics work. Could someone explain to me in very basic terms why ochsner is bad ? Not a troll. I have seen a PCP there for nearly ten years. Never had a problem.

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It really has nothing to do with individual docs. Most are very good.

It’s more the corporatization of medicine and lack of choice.

I also hear they treat their providers poorly and from and administrative standpoint prioritize money over patient care (what I hear but who knows)

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My wife works in bills payable and they struggle to pay the bills!

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I don't doubt it if they call it Bills Payable.

It's Accounts Payable.

Most likely they don’t have enough staff and coders to get invoices processed accurately and in a timely fashion.

Double post.