HMO Policy

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"HMO Policy"

Mr. Smith goes to the doctor's office to collect his
wife's test results. The lab tech says to him: "I'm
sorry, sir, but there has been a bit of a mix-up and
we have a problem. When we sent the samples
from your wife to the lab, the samples from another
Mrs. Smith were sent as well and we are now
uncertain which one is your wife's. Frankly, it is
either bad or terrible!"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, one Mrs. Smith has tested positive for Alzheimer's
and the other Mrs. Smith has tested positive for AIDS.
We can't tell which is your wife."

"That's terrible. Can we do the test over?"

"Normally, yes. But you have an HMO, and they won't
pay for these expensive tests more than once."

"Well, what am I supposed to do now?"

The HMO recommends that you drop your wife off in
the middle of town. If she remembers the way home,
don't sleep with her."