91. A health plan may need only a few specialists like neurosurgeons, and those who are excluded may have trouble finding patients in a particular geographic area. 92. A few minutes later, Gore steered a question about education back to the Bradley health plan. 93. A few wanted to remain with the same health plan they had when they joined the company. 94. A growing number of health plans have taken similar steps. 95. A health plan could deny coverage to people who refused to give consent. 96. A pre-existing condition is defined as a medical problem for which a person was treated in the six months before enrolling in a health plan. 97. A recent study by the California Medical Association also suggests there are other public benefits from nonprofit health plans. 98. A lot of them clearly want more leverage in dealing with the deep-pocketed health plans. 99. A health plan can operate with a negative net worth for some time as long as cash keeps coming in to meet current expenses. 100. A health plan is all well and good, but nobody is going to listen to policy from a guy with flabby abs. |