Health Maintenance Organizations in Heaven
Two doctors and an HMO manager died and lined up at the pearly gates for admission to heaven. St. Peter asked them to identify themselves. One doctor stepped forward and said, "I was a pediatric spine surgeon and helped kids overcome their deformities."
St. Peter said, "You may enter."
The second doctor said, "I was a psychiatrist. I helped people rehabilitate themselves into functioning, happy people." St. Peter also invited him in.
The third applicant was trembling slightly, but stepped forward and said, "I was an HMO manager and I helped people get cost-effective health care."
St. Peter said, "You can come in too," and the HMO manager looked visibly relieved.
And as he walked through the gate, St. Peter quietly added, "But you can only stay three days. After that you can go to hell."
Posted September 19, 2004 10:38 AM
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