Salon Newsreal | HMO horrors

T A B L E+T A L K
How did HMOs become public enemy No. 1? Do they deserve the bad rap? Weigh in on managed care in the Science and Health area of Table Talk

T O D A Y
Who authored the "Talking Points"?

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Browse the
Newsreal Archives
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

spacer Q U O T E--O F--T H E--D A Y
HMO horrors
“They had a chance to be heroes or save money. And they decided to save money.”
-- David Garvey, whose wife, Barbara, suffered a fatal stroke during a flight from Hawaii to Chicago. Barbara had been diagnosed with aplastic anemia in Hawaii, but her insurer required her to fly back to Chicago for an emergency bone-marrow transplant. Quoted in the July 13 issue of Time.

T A B L E+T A L K How did HMOs become public enemy No. 1? Do they deserve the bad rap? Weigh in on managed care in the Science and Health area of Table Talk T O D A Y Who authored the "Talking Points"? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Browse the Newsreal Archives - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
		`Q U O T E--O F--T H E--D A Y` HMO horrors “They had a chance to be heroes or save money. And they decided to save money.” -- David Garvey, whose wife, Barbara, suffered a fatal stroke during a flight from Hawaii to Chicago. Barbara had been diagnosed with aplastic anemia in Hawaii, but her insurer required her to fly back to Chicago for an emergency bone-marrow transplant. Quoted in the July 13 issue of Time.