Should I just go with Kaiser considering how close it is?

I’m 26 in Northern California and buying insurance for myself for the first time. I haven’t gone to the doctor in years and I’m worried about some potential health issues, and I don’t have anyone to help me with this. I don’t understand most of what I’m doing but my big question is this:

My most important decision is between going for a PPO (Blue California, Anthem Bluecross) or Kaiser HMO. The big factor is that I have a massive Kaiser medical center about 500 meters away from me, about 2 or 3 blocks. The next closest hospital is about 3.5km away.

With this in mind, my thinking is that if I have an emergency then an ambulance would likely take me to the Kaiser center and I’ll want to be covered there. Does that make sense? I mostly stay around this area so it makes sense to me in theory, but I might be missing some nuance.

Also, can I just get on a really expensive plan, have them check me out to see if anything is wrong with me, and lower my plan in the future if it turns out I’m fine?

See also  Emergency options