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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1425981" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>You still have the option of going to the ER. In a true emergency (you're admitted into the hospital), the fee is waived. No change here. The difference is that use of the ER in a non-emergency situation is now punitive. </p><p></p><p>Every single year UPS has provided educational material pertaining to 'ER or your GP/urgent care' to discuss with our employee groups. It discusses the high costs associated with ER compared to GP/urgent care visits and helps the employee identify when to use the ER. My management team no longer spends time discussing this with us because as my Preload manager pointed out 'nobody cares how much it costs the company, just the cost to themselves.' </p><p></p><p>hall previously acknowledged that UPS was seeking to dilute the benefit package as well, although those details were never shared. But given that UPS has long whined that its ER costs are substantially more than they should be, you can bet that should we have retained company-administered benefits, this would've been a change UPS pushed for. Especially since current company-administered plans are much more punitive to the ER than our TeamCare is.</p><p></p><p>And yes... I'm aware that not every single TeamCare member has access to 24/7 urgent care/CP. But only a small percentage of Americans, typically in rural areas and poor urban areas, generally don't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1425981, member: 43436"] You still have the option of going to the ER. In a true emergency (you're admitted into the hospital), the fee is waived. No change here. The difference is that use of the ER in a non-emergency situation is now punitive. Every single year UPS has provided educational material pertaining to 'ER or your GP/urgent care' to discuss with our employee groups. It discusses the high costs associated with ER compared to GP/urgent care visits and helps the employee identify when to use the ER. My management team no longer spends time discussing this with us because as my Preload manager pointed out 'nobody cares how much it costs the company, just the cost to themselves.' hall previously acknowledged that UPS was seeking to dilute the benefit package as well, although those details were never shared. But given that UPS has long whined that its ER costs are substantially more than they should be, you can bet that should we have retained company-administered benefits, this would've been a change UPS pushed for. Especially since current company-administered plans are much more punitive to the ER than our TeamCare is. And yes... I'm aware that not every single TeamCare member has access to 24/7 urgent care/CP. But only a small percentage of Americans, typically in rural areas and poor urban areas, generally don't. [/QUOTE]
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