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[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 05:35:47PM -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> >I could not understand it, it would have been cheaper in the long run to 
> >have the state pay the extra $15 a month for 20% of the population than 
> >have
> >100% of the people that need drugs not covered here run up big bills for
> >alternative treatment.
> 
> Cheaper for you.  Not for the ones benefiting from the tariffs.

It had nothing to do with tarrifs. What happened was my HMO used their
bulk purchasing power to buy a policy from a U.S. insurer to cover
the supplimental drugs. 

The other HMO's did not want to compete as they were afraid it would become
required as part of their coverage. 

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm at mendelson.com  N3OWJ/4X1GM