Kaiser Permanente is by far the largest HMO in America.
Unfortunately it is the K-Mart of medical services.
As a patient you would experience many burdensome levels of
paperwork and people to go through before you could reach to
the bottom line: medical treatment.
Once you get there, if you are still alive, you will
probably be unlucky enough to be "cared" by the most
INCOMPETENT medical staff in the country.
Many medical staff at KP are with marginal qualifications
and therefore, could cause your existing condition to get
worse instead of better. The nice thing about KP is that it
has a massive group of administrative officers including an
army of legal teams, which serve the function of cover-up
and protecting the interests of KP - not YOU!
So, the wise thing to do is to avoid Kaiser Permanente - if
you can. After all it's YOUR life. Given the choice by your
employer, don't sign up for Kaiser Permanen. Sometime, your
HR people are given some "incentive" to convince you to
sign up with KP. Don't fall for this. Don't make the
mistake I did.
By the way, don't buy in to KP's fancy advertisement and
appearances. Being "big" does not necessarily mean "better".