Healthcare
HMO Denies $110,000 Surgery Recommended By Own Doctor, Patient Forced Into Debt
Debra Moran - Winfield , IL
Jun 23, 1998Consumer Watchdog
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$28 Billion Bailout of Utility Companies Draws National Attention
Consumer and Environmental Groups Blast Faulty Electricity Deregulation
Jun 23, 1998
Healthcare
Cancer Patient Dies From HMO Delays, Husband Has No Remedy
Phyllis Cannon - Oklahoma City, OK
Jun 22, 1998
Healthcare
Pensioner’s Health Care Taken, Has No Remedy Under ERISA
Casey Patelski - Iowa
Jun 19, 1998Court to Hear Arguments in Major 103 Lawsuits Challenging the Continued Use of Arbitrarily-Based Auto Insurance Rates
Consumer and Civil Rights Organizations Joined by Cities of Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco in Lawsuits Against Insurance Commissioner
Jun 19, 1998
Insurance
Cancer Patient With Highest Recovery Rate Denied Treatment
Edward Mycek - La Quinta, CA
Jun 18, 1998
Healthcare
Heart Patient’s Access To Cardiologist Stone-Walled, Dies Due To Mis-Managed Care
Glenn Nealy - New York
Jun 17, 1998
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