Healthcare

Groups Offer Health-Care Guide Online

December 29, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Diego Union-Tribune</p> <p>Californians struggling to find their way through the managed-care quagmire now have help on the World Wide Web. Over the last two years, landmark state legislation has revamped managed-care consumer rights in California. To help patients understand w</p>

Disparate Groups Join to Promote New Coverage for Uninsured

December 6, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Medical Industry Today</p> <p>Three lobbying groups often on the opposite sides of healthcare issues have joined forces to push for expansion of Medicaid to bring more people under its umbrella along with a tax credit for low-income workers.</p>

Groundbreaking NJ case against HMO proceeds amid efforts to rein in HMOs

December 2, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Associated Press</p> <p>The couple who helped end drive-through deliveries after their 2-day-old daughter died are on a new crusade - this time to hold HMOs accountable for their medical decisions.</p>

Ex-Rivals Unite In Wider Health-Insurance Plan

November 21, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Wall Street Journal</p> <p>WASHINGTON -- Former enemies in health-care reform battles put aside their differences to propose steps to cut the ranks of the uninsured -- largely through expanding Medicaid and creating a tax credit for employers.</p>

KPC TO SHUTTER MEDICAL CLINICS

November 20, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>HEALTH CARE: THE COLLAPSE LEAVES CARE OF 300,000 IN QUESTION</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>The largest for-profit medical group in Southern California will close its clinics, disrupting care for 300,000 patients and presenting the first major test of the state's new managed care regulations.</p>

Supreme Court may test HMO members’ right to seek second opinion

October 27, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Dallas Morning News</p> <p>WASHINGTON _ At least 38 states have passed laws giving HMO members the right to seek an independent medical opinion if their insurer denies a treatment or test. But can a state force an HMO to abide by the arbitrator's decision? The answer depends on</p>

Patients’ Bill of Rights: Gorton Holds the Key

October 20, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Seattle Post-Intelligencer</p> <p>When the U.S. Senate votes again in the next few days on a bipartisan patients' bill of rights -- which failed by one vote this summer -- the vote of Washington's U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton will be decisive for more than 125 million Americans who are without</p>

National Groups Rip Burns

October 20, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Senator Taken to Task for Handling of Libby Asbestos, Health Care Issues</h3><p class="source">Helena Independent Record</p> <p>HELENA - Two national groups took aim at Republican U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns on Thursday, one releasing ads criticizing Burns for a "lack of leadership" in aiding Montanans affected by asbestos poisoning, and the other calling on him to support a sweeping</p>

A PATIENTS’ BILL OF RIGHTS

October 20, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Seattle Post-Intelligencer</p> <p>When the U.S. Senate votes again in the next few days on a bipartisan patients' bill of rights - which failed by one vote this summer - the vote of Washington's U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton will be decisive for more than 125 million Americans who are without</p>

Ashcroft Reconsiders HMO Bill

September 30, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Kansas City Star</p> <p>WASHINGTON - Sen. John Ashcroft is having second thoughts about his opposition to a high-profile bill that would give Americans more clout to deal with health maintenance organizations. Ashcroft, a Missouri Republican facing a re-election challenge fr</p>

State to Examine Planned Hospital Closure

September 29, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has launched a statewide probe into whether the parent company of Mercy Healthcare Sacramento violated laws governing charities and anti-competitive practices when it purchased - and announced plans to close - a sm</p>

Blue Cross To Offer Cheap Plan

September 28, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>Saying it wants to offer cheaper health care to the uninsured, Blue Cross of California proposed premium reductions yesterday for most of its individual policyholders while shifting some of the costs to deductibles.</p>