Insurance

How Your Health Insurance Company Can Still Screw You, Despite Obamacare

July 21, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>No law has done more to reform health insurance and protect consumers against the industry's most heinous practices than the Affordable Care Act. But Obamacare didn't magically transform insurers into benevolent entities solely devoted to taking care of sick people.</p> <p>Health insurance companies, even those that are not-for-profit, have to collect more money in premiums than they shell out in claims for medical care. That means they have a financial incentive not to pay for things.</p>

Consumer Group Sues Anthem Blue Cross, Claims ‘Bait and Switch’ Fraud

July 10, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p class="inaugural"><a href="http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/07/09/45242/consumer-group-sues-anthem-blue-cross-claims-bait/">Click here to listen to the audio of this radio news broadcast</a>.</p> <p class="inaugural">A consumer group said Wednesday it has filed a class action lawsuit that accuses a top California health insurer of fraud and unfair business practices allegedly intended to lure customers into buying its health insurance plans. </p>

Report: Insurer Sued Over Narrow O-Care Networks

July 10, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <p>Anthem Blue Cross is now facing multiple lawsuits over the narrow physician networks it used in plans on California's ObamaCare exchange, according to a report.<br /> <br /> A new lawsuit filed Tuesday in state court alleges that the insurance giant misled consumers into buying plans with narrow networks when they believed they were receiving more robust coverage.<br /> <br />

Anthem Blue Cross Accused of ‘Fraudulent’ Enrollment Practices

July 9, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p class="bodytext"><span id="mn_Global"><span id="MNGiSection">LOS ANGELES -- California insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross misled "millions of enrollees" about whether their doctors and hospitals were participating in its new "Obamacare" plans and failed to disclose that many policies wouldn't cover care outside its approved network, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday.</span></span></p>

Anthem Blue Cross Sued Over Covered California Doctor Networks

July 9, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Statewide insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross misled “millions of enrollees” about whether their doctors and hospitals were participating in its new plans, and failed to disclose that many policies wouldn’t cover care outside its approved network, according to a <a href="http://media.khn.webfactional.com/html/anthem-lawsuit/Felser.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">class action lawsuit</a> filed Tuesday.</p>

Suit Claims Blue Cross Misled Customers

July 9, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p><strong>The class action says the insurer overstated the number of doctors and hospitals in its network to lure more people to buy plans under the Affordable Care Act.</strong></p> <p>A class action lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that Anthem Blue Cross, one of California’s largest health insurers, sought to increase its market share under the Affordable Care Act by intentionally overstating the number of doctors and hospitals in its network and hiding the fact that in many cases it provided no coverage at all for care provided by medical professionals outside the network.</p>

Anthem Misled Millions About Health Plan Networks, Lawsuit Alleges

July 9, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

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Anthem Sued Over Limited Networks

July 9, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Amid growing scrutiny statewide, insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross faces another consumer lawsuit over its use of narrow networks in Obamacare coverage.</p> <p>Six<strong> </strong>Anthem policyholders sued California's largest for-profit health insurer Tuesday in state court, accusing the company of misrepresenting the size of its physician networks and the insurance benefits provided.</p>

Nonprofit Sues Blue Cross Over Obamacare Networks

July 9, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>A Southern California nonprofit filed a class-action <a href="http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/7-8-14felserclassactioncomplaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit </a>Tuesday alleging that Anthem Blue Cross misled millions of customers when rolling out its plans under the Affordable Care Act, leaving many enrollees on the hook for large out-of-pocket expenses.<br /> <br />

State Deemed $250M in Health Premium Increases Unreasonable

July 8, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

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Lawsuit Accuses Anthem Blue Cross of Fraudulent Enrollment Practices

July 8, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>California insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross misled “millions of enrollees” about whether their doctors and hospitals were participating in its new plans, and failed to disclose that many policies wouldn’t cover care outside its approved network, according to a class action lawsuit filed Tuesday.</p> <p>As a result, many consumers have been left on the hook for thousands of dollars in medical bills, and have been unable to see their longtime doctors, alleges the suit by Consumer Watchdog based in Santa Monica.</p>

The Public Eye: State Health Exchange Says Some Board Member Emails Are Private

July 2, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>California’s <a class="lingo_link" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/health+insurance/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;">health insurance</a> exchange, the agency responsible for administering the federal health care law, does not provide official email addresses to members of its governing board.</p>