Breast Cancer

When It Comes to Rescission, DarrasLaw Says if We Can't Get Rid of It, Let's Prevent It

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 27th, 2010

Rescission, sometimes known as "post-claims underwriting," is the loophole health insurers use to avoid paying out benefits on cancer claims and various other serious illness. They look for and find errors in the policyholder's paperwork that can help them justify canceling a policy, says Frank N. Darras, the nation's top insurance lawyer.

Some insurance companies actually reward their employees if they achieve a high level of claims denials and save the company money. Social responsibility does not stand a chance when a company stands to save millions of dollars annually, says Darras.

Rescission victims are usually people who are less educated or...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-07-27)

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