Thanks very much for the information. The plan we'd have is, to my great amusement, called Peak Individual; but as you say, there should be a lot of similarities. I'm very much encouraged by your long experience with Health Partners.
I have checked the formulary and that part is all good. I am taking a lot of medications, but they are all bog-standard generics and usually give no trouble when I'm trying to choose an insurance plan.
As best I understand it, HCMC is a standalone system. It's pretty big just on its own. I started there in the ER with incidentally-detected staggeringly-high blood pressure. They determined that it would not kill me immediately and referred me on to the Downtown Medicine Clinic, where I was treated very well until 2013, when the influx of new patients from the ACA made it very difficult to get an appointment in less than nine or ten weeks. The scheduler said they were hiring new people as fast as they could, but for the short term suggested that I try the new Whittier Clinic, which is right at 28th and Nicollet. I've really loved going there. It's walking distance from our house in reasonably decent weather, and they used a lot of patient input in its design. It has a tiny rain garden and native plants and trees in the landscaping. Everybody there is very nice and very helpful. HCMC in general has really good mammography technicians.
There are other HCMC clinics in other locations; the only one I can recall offhand is in Richfield. P.
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Date: 2016-12-14 11:54 pm (UTC)I have checked the formulary and that part is all good. I am taking a lot of medications, but they are all bog-standard generics and usually give no trouble when I'm trying to choose an insurance plan.
As best I understand it, HCMC is a standalone system. It's pretty big just on its own. I started there in the ER with incidentally-detected staggeringly-high blood pressure. They determined that it would not kill me immediately and referred me on to the Downtown Medicine Clinic, where I was treated very well until 2013, when the influx of new patients from the ACA made it very difficult to get an appointment in less than nine or ten weeks. The scheduler said they were hiring new people as fast as they could, but for the short term suggested that I try the new Whittier Clinic, which is right at 28th and Nicollet. I've really loved going there. It's walking distance from our house in reasonably decent weather, and they used a lot of patient input in its design. It has a tiny rain garden and native plants and trees in the landscaping. Everybody there is very nice and very helpful. HCMC in general has really good mammography technicians.
There are other HCMC clinics in other locations; the only one I can recall offhand is in Richfield.
P.