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Consumer Watchdog Applauds L.A. City Attorney's Efforts to Reinstate Cancelled Blue Cross Patients; Urges State HMO Regulator to Immediately Reinstate Coverage
May 3rd, 2008
Consumer Watchdog today joined L.A. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo in announcing the city's lawsuit alleging that health insurer Blue Cross engaged in unfair business practices by illegally cancelling the health insurance of patients after they got sick. The practice -- known as "rescission" -- has affected at least hundreds of patients who have been left uninsured, uninsurable, and facing up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical debt when their polices were retroactively cancelled by their health insurance company. Consumer Watchdog said that while the L.A. City lawsuit will not provide reinstatement until the matter is litigated or...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-05-03)
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