Patients get a victory as state restores insurance for some, orders reviews for thousands

[Newsjock]

Source: Sacramento Bee

State regulators Thursday set the stage for the reinstatement of thousands of Californians who may have been wrongfully dropped from health care plans over the past four years.

In an extraordinary move, Cindy Ehnes, director of the California Department of Managed Health Care, ordered immediate reinstatement of more than two dozen patients whose insurance coverage was rescinded. The health plans will be required to pay all medical claims of the patients involved.

Ehnes also ordered independent review of thousands of other "rescissions" made by the state's five largest health plans – Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield, PacifiCare and Health Net – since 2004.

... Attorney General Jerry Brown said Thursday that his office is investigating health plans and other insurers for wrongful rescissions and insurance claim denials, according to a spokesman.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/872090.html

[liberalhistorian]

1. Good, about damned time.

The fucking insurance companies are killing us. That is, if the drug companies, medical professionals and hospitals who refuse care based on money don't get to it first.

Any wanna bet how long it will be before repubs start whining that insurance companies will no longer want to do business in CA? Anyone? Anyone?

[Hugin]

3. The finest resolution on my stop watch is milliseconds...

Sorry, can't do any better than that.

I could probably guess to within +/- 0.5 millisecond, tho.

[lovuian]

2. About time these Insurance co

are commititing fraud