Posted On: April 10, 2007, 12:37 pm CDT

Posted By: Chris Godfrey

As a 4+ year U.S. Air Force police veteran of Vietnam (1965-1966, 1967-1970)I was wounded once and received better medical care than I had received as a civilian under Cigna HMO in Southern California.

One time in the 1980s I sought medical treatment for a very bad cough and went to my local Cigna HMO clinic for an x-ray. The technician took one x-ray, said it was blurred but did not take another. I asked why and he said he was only suppose to take one (1) x-ray regardless of the outcome of the film. The doctor looked at it and told me nothing was wrong. Later I went to another private doctor, had an x-ray taken, and the doctor said there was a node on my lung. Following this I informed Cigna HMO of this and was told that their doctor reported "no problem" with my lungs. However, they did take my co-pay. Needless to say, I changed my health insurance immediately.

It is a sad state of affairs when your health care insurance provider cares more about profit than providing good health care.