Child Dies After Turned Away From HMO Hospital, Family Reports Biased Arbitration
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Joseph Calderon, Anaheim, CA
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Aetna Pledges Patient Protections Incentives Questioned
<p class="source">USA Today</p>
<p>In a closely watched deal, Aetna U.S. Healthcare has agreed to add some modest patient protections, settling a lawsuit brought by the Texas attorney general. The agreement settles a lawsuit filed in 1998, alleging that Aetna used financial incentives t</p>
Couple Unaware of Mandatory, Binding Arbitration, Wait 7 Years For Hearing, Only to Lose
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Mary Wardlow- Rialto, CA
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Psychiatrist Fired by Kaiser Sues Over Prescribing Practices
<p class="source">San Francisco Chronicle</p>
<p>ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA- A former Kaiser psychiatrist has filed suit against the HMO in state court, charging that he was fired after refusing to prescribe medications to patients he was not allowed to personally examine.</p>
Child Injured for Life After Botched Birth at HMO, Private Arbitration Allows HMO to Continue Unsafe Ways
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Colin McCaffrey- Los Angeles, CA
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Woman Rejects Insufficient Settlement With HMO, Regrets Decision After Unfair Arbitration
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Linda Goldstein- Stevenson Ranch, CA
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Department to Aid Managed-Care Plans; New Agency’s Director Sets Goals at Conference for Health Care Industry
<p class="source">San Diego Union-Tribune</p>
<p>Daniel Zingale, director-designee of the state's newly created Department of Managed Care, told a statewide audience of health care executives yesterday that he has two major proposals to unveil: Anti-baldness formula Rogaine should be covered because</p>
Insurers Step in to Give Doctors Advice, Many Analyze Prescriptions, Lab Test Results
<p class="source">USA Today</p>
<p>If you're enrolled in the Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan in New York, your doctor might soon get a call from your insurer. The results of this lab test don't look good, the insurer's medical director tells your doctor. Why haven't you been given add</p>
Family Asks for Speedy Arbitration Hearing, HMO Delays & Forces Settlement
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Frank Picerno- Sacramento, CA
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Mother Dies in HMO Emergency Room, Son Loses Claim in Arbitration
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Ina Hobson- San Diego, CA
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Couple Spends Five Years To Get To Arbitration Hearing, Claims HMO Bias and a Waste of Time and Money
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Hal Riedel- Lakeport, CA
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Mother Dies After Delayed Surgery, Costs & Wait Force Daughter to Drop Arbitration
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Betty Roberts- Pleasanton, CA
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