Betsy,
Thank you so much for your kind words. I just read your profile and I feel your pain! My family and I were with Kaiser 6 years ago. Does it make your feel better that they are just as bad in Georgia? And not with bariatrics either. Six years ago I was pregnant. We live south of Atlanta the only hospital that Kaiser would let me deliver at was on the northside of Atlanta. When I went into labor, we scooted on to the hospital like good expectant parents. 1 1/2 hours later when we got there, my contractions had stopped. They monitored for a little while and SENT ME HOME! I protested all the way, but nobody, even my usually wonderful husband, would listen to me. Well, 30 minutes after we got back home I was in hard labor. We made it back up the interstate 20 miles, with my mother driving, my husband on the phone with 911 asking for a police escort. The escort stopped traffic and took us to the nearest, non-Kaiser hospital. An ambulance happened to be at the front. They put me on a gurney and rushed me upstairs to labor and delivery. My son was born before they could transfer me from the gurney to a bed, and before my mother could park the car and get upstairs! Needless to say, as soon as we could we changed insurances. Well, that's the Leanne saga. I pray that everything will go smoothly now. Keep us posted.