TOP TEN INDICATORS THAT YOUR EMPLOYER
HAS CHANGED TO A CHEAPER HMO




10. Your annual breast exam is at Hooter's.

  9. Directions to your doctor's office include "take a left when you enter the trailer park".

  8. The tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicles.

  7. The only proctologist on the plan is "Gus" from Roto-Rooter.

  6. The only item listed under Preventative Care coverage is "An apple a Day."

  5. Your primary care physician is wearing the pants you gave to Goodwill last month.

  4. "The patient is responsible for 200% of out of network charges" is not a typographical error.

  3. The only expense covered 100% is "embalming."

  2. With your last HMO, your Prozac didn't come in different colors with little "M"s on them.

AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOU'VE JOINED A VERY CHEAP HMO . . .

  1. You ask for Viagra, and they give you a popsicle stick and duct tape.