A “PACKAGE” is an object held together in order to keep some things in and other things out. So you can imagine the alarm of well-informed hypochondriacs the first time that word—as in “core-benefits package”—emerged from the mouth of the President of United States. Exactly which benefits would be included and which excluded?
I would like to apply the special perspective of the hypochondriac ally oriented to this vexing issue, by reviewing the ways in which three generations of health plans have affected one representative hypochondriac: myself. I hope the hypochondriac community will respond by telephoning their representatives in Congress—using a regular phone, of course, never a cellular one (brain cancer).
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