Healthcare

STATE OF CALIFORNIA LEVIES LARGE FINE AGAINST KAISER PERMANENTE FACILITY FOR QUALITY-OF-CARE PROBLEMS

May 16, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">National Public Radio All Things Considered</p> <p>ROBERT SIEGEL, host: The state of California has levied one of the largest fines ever against an HMO for quality-of-care problems.</p>

HMO Fined $1 M For Delaying Care

May 16, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>* Biggest Calif. HMO Fine Ever In Individual Case</h3><p class="source">CBS Evening News</p> <p>LOS ANGELES CBS(CBS) Kaiser Permanente, California's largest health insurer, was slapped with a $1 million fine for problems uncovered during an investigation of a patient's death at a hospital the health insurer owns, CBS News Correspondent John Black</p>

What’s The Fairest Battlefield In The Fight For Better Health Care?

May 15, 2000  ·  Jamie Court

<h3>Patients Shouldn't Have To Sign Away Their Right To A Trial In Order To Receive Medical Care</h3> <p>Recently, the California Supreme Court reaffirmed that people in private arbitrations do not have the same rights as people who go to court. The war between patients and their HMOs could become a lot less contrarian if state legislation mandating the rig</p>

HMO Refuses to Provide Standard Medical Procedure, Family’s Costly Arbitration Lost

May 11, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --> <p> Betty Woolfson- Stockton, CA </p>

Demos fight Davis on HMOs;

May 10, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<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

May 10, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --> <p> Maureen Alexander- Northern California </p>

Lawmakers Defy Governor On HMO Reform Law

May 10, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<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>

HMO Allows Young Boy’s Brain Tumor to Grow, Unrepresented Family Will Have to Drop Arbitration

May 9, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --> <p> Zakary Ostertag- Vacaville, CA </p>

Davis Opposes Making It Easier For Consumers To Sue HMOs

May 7, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<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

May 5, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --> <p> Carley Christie- Woodside, CA </p>

Woman Suffers Stroke After Botched Surgery HMO’s Arbitration, Denies Her Justice

May 4, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<!-- excerpt --> <p> Maria Russo- Temecula, CA </p>

HMOs Take Spritual Approach

May 4, 2000  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<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>