Some kind of resolution
I just got a call from Bill Monning's office. He's one of the state legislators I wrote to about Blue Shield's bad faith behavior concerning their contracts. The person I spoke to said that "a compromise has been reached" and she doesn't know the details, but there will be a contract in place for the next two years., She said that there had been a lot of pressure on Sutter(PAMF) and Blue Shield, and of course I don't know about Sutter's shenanigans since Blue Shield didn't choose to complain, but I do know that Blue Shield was behaving badly on the face of it even without Sutter complaining about them. Seriously, if the open enrollment season starts in October and ends in February, and you know you're cutting people off from their providers as of Dec 1, you don't display good faith by not telling them until well into January...
Anyway, I can schedule the second surgery according to my recovery from the first now, instead of having no option but to do it by May. I might still do it in May, but I'll wait till March to decide,
Two weeks until surgery!
In some ways,, I've been ready. In other ways, I'll never be ready. But shiny new titanium knee! My body will welcome its new inoganic cohort.
I have no idea what role, if any, Bill Monning played in the negotiations.
Anyway, I can schedule the second surgery according to my recovery from the first now, instead of having no option but to do it by May. I might still do it in May, but I'll wait till March to decide,
Two weeks until surgery!
In some ways,, I've been ready. In other ways, I'll never be ready. But shiny new titanium knee! My body will welcome its new inoganic cohort.
I have no idea what role, if any, Bill Monning played in the negotiations.