Healthcare
Heart Patient’s Access To Cardiologist Stone-Walled, Dies Due To Mis-Managed Care
Glenn Nealy - New York
Jun 17, 1998Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
Woman Denied Fertility Benefits Retroactively
Linda DeBenedictis - Norwood, MA
Jun 16, 1998
Healthcare
Collapsed Boy — A Cardiac Risk — Told To Take Gatorade, Dies
Alexander Giles, 9 - Houston, TX
Jun 15, 1998
Insurance
$100 MILLION STATE FARM SETTLEMENT;
117 POLICYHOLDERS SUE OVER QUAKE COVERAGEChicago Tribune Consumer activists in California were harshly critical of Illinois insurance officials. "There is some problem…
Jun 12, 1998
Healthcare
HMO Denies Treatment, Skinless Girl Has No Remedy
Francesca Tenconi, 11 - Oakland, CA
Jun 11, 1998
Healthcare
HMO Denies Patient On Vacation Treatment, Women Suffers Stroke Flying To HMO, Dies
Barbara Garvey - Chicago, IL
Jun 9, 1998
Healthcare
Cancer Patient Denied Liver Transplant Living Out HMO Death Sentence
Judith Packevicz - Saratoga Springs, NY
Jun 8, 1998
Insurance
HMO Tells Family To Transport Stroke Victim Themselves
Bess Young - Carmichael, CA
Jun 5, 1998
Insurance
Untreated Infant Dies Due To HMO Clerical Error, Family Has No Remedy
Chad Aitken - Woodland Hills, CA
Jun 4, 1998
Privacy
Child With Brain Tumor Denied Access to Specialist
Sarah Pedersen - San Mateo, CA
Jun 2, 1998
Healthcare
HMO Denies Heart Patient Access to Cardiologist and Hospitalization For Drug Treatment
Stephen Keller- Pacifica, CA
Jun 1, 1998Ford Misuses Initiative To Shirk Responsibility For Exploding Gas Tank
Under Prop 213, Auto Maker Not Liable For Pain and Suffering of Badly Burned Teen -- For Now
Jun 1, 1998
Healthcare
Denied Medical Tests Lead To Tumor Growing Unchecked
Paige Lancaster - Virginia
May 29, 1998
Healthcare
Patient With Debilitating Pain Treated With The Urgency Of A Common Cold
Lillian Jeffries - Sun City, CA
May 28, 1998