I have Kaiser too and I stayed an extra day (vs average) after my unplanned C-section because of pain management issues, and nobody bothered me about it despite the floor being full. Only $500 and that included a salmon and steak and apple cider in champagne flutes celebration dinner one night for me and my partner. Their prenatal and postpartum support is top notch too, including free lactation consultant visits and a hospital grade pump rental (would cost me $1k+ at this point in fees otherwise) to support breastfeeding for as long as I want.
Compare to one of my friends with a bog-standard vaginal birth, was pressured to leave as soon as possible, partner kept getting kicked out of the room, and she paid $7k and counting while still getting random claims. LC visits also not covered despite wanting to breastfeed desperately, and she gave up due to issues that could have been resolved.
It's not even just the baby stuff that is like this - my dad has their medicare advantage plan and he LOVES it and I love the integrated care since it's so easy for his specialists to talk to each other without me having to be the messenger.
Kaiser gets a bad rap a lot of times, sometimes for good reason, but in the average case, they must be doing something okay that they don't fight me like Anthem used to do ALL THE TIME (plus remember when maternity coverage cost like $500 extra _per month_ on the individual market?)
Compare to one of my friends with a bog-standard vaginal birth, was pressured to leave as soon as possible, partner kept getting kicked out of the room, and she paid $7k and counting while still getting random claims. LC visits also not covered despite wanting to breastfeed desperately, and she gave up due to issues that could have been resolved.
It's not even just the baby stuff that is like this - my dad has their medicare advantage plan and he LOVES it and I love the integrated care since it's so easy for his specialists to talk to each other without me having to be the messenger.
Kaiser gets a bad rap a lot of times, sometimes for good reason, but in the average case, they must be doing something okay that they don't fight me like Anthem used to do ALL THE TIME (plus remember when maternity coverage cost like $500 extra _per month_ on the individual market?)