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Consumer Watchdog
Consumers, Nurses, Seniors Tell Governor: Don't Break Your Promise to Protect Innocent Patients from Health Insurance Cancellations, Don't Weaken Existing Law
August 23rd, 2008
Nurses, consumers, and seniors called on the legislature and the governor today to include a key provision to protect innocent patients in any health insurance cancellation legislation forthcoming in the closing days of the legislative session. Over the last 5 years, California patients have been plagued by the practice of insurance companies retroactively canceling health insurance coverage after they get sick - so called "rescissions" - leaving patients without health care when they are sick and need it most. Cancelled patients are virtually uninsurable and often hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt while facing ongoing medical treatment. "RNs...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-08-23)
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