"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> cybercat > wrote:
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>>"sf" > wrote in message
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>>> Fortunately, it has a good reputation here. I live in a city where a
>>> lot of people want to be, so Kaiser skims the cream of the Dr. crop.
>
>>Hmm, where to start with the shaky assumptions....
>
> SF speaks the truth. Kaiser NorCal consistently ranks highest
> in quality of any provider in this region. My Kaiser primary care
> physician is a UCSF medical professor. Numerous other
> physicians there are also attached to the medschools at UCSF or
> Stanford. I can't recall a truly bummer doctor there and I've seen
> quite a few of them over the past 25 years. Local people who
> are in the Kaiser system will do just about anything not to get
> kicked out, because you know you have good coverage.
>
> Perhaps quality declines as you get further from their homebase.

Kaiser has done some really heinous things. It's best to be aware of that
before one waxes beatific about the company, regardless of where one lives.
Is my point.

cybercat > wrote:

>Kaiser has done some really heinous things. It's best to be aware of that
>before one waxes beatific about the company, regardless of where one lives.
>Is my point.

Sure. I agree Kaiser has done some heinous things, but they
are also the largest provider in the country, so even if
they're as good as everyone else they will have the most
horror stories.

That's why one has to look at formal, objective evaluations
and not just horror stories -- to see is statistically,
they are doing well.

Steve

(Steve Pope) wrote:
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>Sure. I agree.

But of course... pontiff.