Insurance

California Orders 26 Health Policies Reinstated, Opens Door to Thousands More

April 18, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

SACRAMENTO, CA -- The state Department of Managed Health Care ordered the policies of 26 consumers immediately reinstated and opened the door to potentially reversing policy cancellations for thousands of more Californians deemed to have been...

26 to Get Back Health Coverage Taken Away

April 18, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong>State regulators to review thousands of similar cases</strong><br/> <br/> State regulators ordered on Thursday the immediate reinstatement of 26 health insurance policies for consumers who were wrongly stripped of them, marking the...

Patients Get a Victory as State Restores Insurance for Some, Orders Reviews for Thousands

April 18, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong>Insurance reinstated for some -- thousands more get reviews</strong> <p> State regulators Thursday set the stage for the reinstatement of thousands of Californians who may have been wrongfully dropped from health care plans over...</p>

Anthem Blue Cross Sued Over Rescissions

April 17, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong>City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo says the health insurer made false promises of coverage and hid a scheme to drop sick policyholders. The company denies the allegations.</strong>

State to Restore Health Coverage to Some Patients Who Were Illegally Canceled

April 16, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

The Schwarzenegger administration will announce tomorrow that it is reinstating health insurance for some patients whose coverage was illegally canceled by health insurance companies.<br/> <br/> Details of the decision will be announced at a...

Allstate Gathers Data for Hearing Next Week to Challenge California Rate-Reduction Order

April 16, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

Allstate has been given until an April 24 hearing to prepare arguments in its appeal of a state order to cut its auto insurance rates an average of 15.9 percent.<br/> <br/> The insurer's attorneys will argue for a stay in San Francisco...

Violence In the Union Hall, Will Stern Speak Out?

April 15, 2008  ·  Jamie Court

<p>  Hundreds of Service Employee International Union (SEIU) staff and members stormed a progressive union gathering in Dearborn, Michigan this Saturday -- dispensing injuries, bruises and split heads to conference-goers at a Labor...</p>

Allstate Finally Releases Claims-Handling Documents, But Keeps Some Under Wraps

April 14, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong> Carrier Draws Line After Making 150,000 Pages Public, Including McKinsey Report</strong><br/> <br/> Allstate's reluctant release of some 150,000 pages of documentation -- including a consultant's controversial recommendations on...

Donations at Issue in Delaware Insurance Commissioner Race

April 14, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

Insurance commissioner candidate Gene Reed Jr. has taken thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from officers of a Pennsylvania company that has received millions doing work for the state insurance department.<br/> <p> Reed,...</p>

What’s Ailing WellPoint?

April 13, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<strong>Health Insurance Market Trends Fuel Climbing Medical Expenses, Which Are a Sore Point on Wall Street</strong><br/> <p> Health insurance -- despite being famous for confusing jargon and complicated forms -- operates under a pretty...</p>

Insurance agents, brokers pad Schwarzenegger campaign chest

April 11, 2008  ·  Carmen Balber

Governor Schwarzenegger's ballot measure committee just reported receiving 10 grand from the Insurance Brokers and Agents Issues PAC. <a href="http://www.cal-access.ss.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1261406&view=late1">Here's the contribution</a>:

No “secret handshake” for scientists

April 11, 2008  ·  John M. Simpson

Though the <a href="http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ABOUT_main_page" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Academy of Sciences (NAS)</a> must be commended for hosting the Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research meeting in Washington under a policy that completely opened the meeting to the public, the august body needs to update its own procedures.<br />