HMO Refuses to Provide Standard Medical Procedure, Family’s Costly Arbitration Lost
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Betty Woolfson- Stockton, CA
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Healthcare
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Lawmakers Defy Governor On HMO Reform Law
<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>Defying Gov. Gray Davis, lawmakers Tuesday refused to endorse a bill that consumers say would have gutted one of the most important HMO reforms passed in California last year.</p>
Demos fight Davis on HMOs;
<h3>Assembly committee rejects effort to deter patients from suing to recover medical costs</h3><p class="source">San Francisco Examiner</p>
<p>SACRAMENTO - Democrats in the Legislature have rejected an attempt by Gov. Davis to water down a cornerstone of the landmark HMO reforms he signed into law last year: the right for patients to sue their HMOs to recover medical costs.</p>
Woman Mistreated by HMO Doctor, Claims HMO-Biased Arbitration
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Maureen Alexander- Northern California
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HMO Allows Young Boy’s Brain Tumor to Grow, Unrepresented Family Will Have to Drop Arbitration
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Zakary Ostertag- Vacaville, CA
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Davis Opposes Making It Easier For Consumers To Sue HMOs
<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>A provision that makes it easier for consumers to sue their HMOs directly for large unreimbursed medical bills and related expenses will not go into effect if Gov. Gray Davis gets his way.</p>
HMO Denies 9 Year Old Girl’s Tumor Surgery, Family’s Remedy Limited By Arbitration
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Carley Christie- Woodside, CA
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HMOs Take Spritual Approach
<p class="source">USA Today</p>
<p>Health plans, buffeted in recent years for their no-frills approach to medical care, are pushing ever further into alternative medicine, hoping to find low-cost ways to boost patient satisfaction.</p>
Woman Suffers Stroke After Botched Surgery HMO’s Arbitration, Denies Her Justice
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Maria Russo- Temecula, CA
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Man’s Leg in Jeopardy After HMO Delays, Loses Remedy in Arbitration
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Joseph Martin Jr.- Carson, CA
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Kaiser Tightens Rules on Writing Prescriptions
<p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p>
<p>Kaiser Permanente said Tuesday that it would abandon a policy of requiring its psychiatrists to prescribe drugs to patients whom they have not personally examined, a practice that drew an investigation by state regulators and a nationwide barrage of crit</p>
Accident Victim Denied Treatment by HMO, Arbitration Denies Him Justice
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Louis DeGeorge
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