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National Health Care Reformers Should Pay Attention to Lawsuit Alleging that Nation's Largest Insurer Routinely Denies Liver Transplants
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, October 23rd, 2009
A trial beginning next week targeting the nation's largest health insurer and its California subsidiary for allegedly automatically denying requests for out-of-network liver transplants will help shed light on the need for stronger health reform than is currently being considered, according to Consumer Watchdog. The group urged President Obama, White House representatives, and the national news media to follow the trial.
Download the lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court against WellPoint and Anthem Blue Cross of California by attorneys Scott Glovsky and Jason Adams: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/lawsuit.pdf.
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