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Woman Whose Health Insurance Was Cancelled by Blue Cross/WellPoint After She Got Sick Urges Congress to Protect Innocent Patients
July 5th, 2009
Wittney Horton of Los Angeles, whose own insurance was cancelled after she sought routine medical care, appeared today before the House subcommittee on Government Oversight and Investigations to urge lawmakers to stop insurance companies from canceling or downgrading insurance coverage when patients get sick. Horton is part of a class action lawsuit against Blue Cross of California, a subsidiary of WellPoint Inc., the nation's largest health insurer. Horton represents 6,000 similar victims of Blue Cross "rescissions" - retroactive cancellations of insurance policies after a patient gets sick with an expensive-to-treat illness. In her testimony to the...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-07-05)
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