Gotta Love American Health Insurance

Well, my wrist surgery was done back on Aetna HMO, then I switched jobs and changed to Blue Cross PPO and continued to see the same surgeon for follow ups, but they cost me more and 5 weeks of 2 times a week physical therapy will likely be costing me over $700 under that fabulous plan.

So, I managed to switch the blue cross HMO, but now I have to get a referral again to go see the same Doctor for my follow up appointments.

I just don't get how the original referral, the surgeon and the next referral are all with the same medical group who have all my records, x-rays et al - yet I need to go in to get re-referred to the same surgeon for further follow ups and presumably show the five inch long scar on my arm to prove I had the surgery or some such nonsense.

Even though the lines at the NHS were long in the UK, socialized medicine has a lot going for it.