Topic: Los Angeles Times
Moments after President Obama signed the healthcare insurance overhaul Tuesday, attorneys general from 13 states filed suit, challenging the law on constitutional grounds.. At the heart of the suit is whether Congress has the legal authority to mandate the purchase of healthcare ...
California Attorney General Jerry Brown is looking into claims that the state's top health insurers reject about 20 percent of medical claims.In a statement, Brown says deputies in his office are launching an independent inquiry because a high denial rate suggests the ...
In Rhode Island, the commercial market for individual insurance is made up of exactly one company -- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. But half of that increase was aimed at contributing to the Blues' surplus fund -- now at ...
Looks like California is continuing to bear down on how insurers in the state handle claims, and when they cancel policies. The state's top insurance regulator says he's going to seek a $12.6 million fine against Blue Shield of California, the Los ...
Blue Cross of California was fined $1 million for cancelling the insurance policies of people who were sick or pregnant, the Los Angeles Times reports today.. "The state investigation found that Blue Cross used computer programs and a dedicated department to systematically ...