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when we adopted our son, he had an extensive list of medical "stuff" going on with him. we were going to a very well known children's hospital before he was adopted, and i was happy with the care, but i put him on our kaiser anyway. i was very happy! kaiser was awesome for him, even better than where we had been. they sent him to SO many specialists and quickly took care of most of his issues. my doctor did assure me if they could not handle something or the children's hospital was better at it than they were, they could send him there. but i will tell you, kaiser handled everything so well! i also loved having the medi-cal backup bc it meant i never had a co pay for all those specialist visits or hospital stays, surgeries, procedures, etc. it was the best of both worlds- good care, no co pay, AND it meant all of my children could have the same pediatrician....instead of carting 2 sets of kids to 2 sets of doctors on opposite ends of town. on occasion, i did have to travel to a different kaiser for a procedure. like for some of his procedures they wanted a specific pediatric anestheologist, and so we had to travel to the next city for the procedure, but it really wasn't a big deal...especially knowing that they were making sure our son had the best person for HIM, instead of whoever was available. i also liked them because they were GREAT about being extra thorough since we didn't have a family history and our son had lots of problems. if you want to pm me about any kaiser/medi-cal questions, i'd be happy to talk with you. :)
OakShannon
I'm going to call my ins. company today and get the answer to that question. We have Kaiser, which works a little differently than other HMOs. You go to Kaiser hospitals and are treated at Kaiser medical centers. You get prescriptions at Kaiser pharmacies. Everything is self-contained. I actually like that because it's very efficient - doctors, specialists, labs, pharmacy, optometry etc. are all in one building. But in this case, it may limit who our child could see and what hospital he could be treated at. I do know that they partner with a local hospital with a large maternity ward and most moms give birth there. So they may partner in a similar way with the Children's Hospital. I just have to find that out. The only reason I would want to keep J on Medical is if that was the only way for him to keep getting his care at the Children's Hospital. We would try to fight the switch if that were the case.
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