Insurance

Dave Jones: Data Shows Steep Insurance Rate Hikes… In 2014

July 29, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>In a pre-emptive strike against what are expected to be lower-than-expected health plan rates for 2015, California Insurance Commissioner <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/search/results?q=Dave%20Jones">Dave Jones</a> took to the bully pulpit Tuesday to rail against rate hikes in 2014 as well as rally support for a rate regulation initiative on the November ballot.</p>

Health Premiums Soared, Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Says

July 29, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p><strong><span class="trb_sharelines_text" data-role="socialshare_sharetext">Californians paid 22% to 88% more for individual health coverage this year than last, commissioner says</span></strong></p> <p>The cost of health insurance for individuals skyrocketed this year in California, with some paying almost twice what they did last year, the state's insurance commissioner said.</p>

Why I Support Prop 45: 1000% Rate Hike – Can’t Retire

July 21, 2014  ·  rob

<p class="rtecenter" style="margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><em style="font-size: 16px;"><strong style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">"I am 57 years old and was going to retire at 60 but I cannot because the cost of my health insurance is so high."</span></strong></em></span></span></span></p>

Proposition 45: Campaign Funds Continue To Increase

July 21, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Campaign funds are rising for those supporting and opposing Proposition 45, the "Insurance Companies Required to Justify Their Rates to the Public Initiative." This proposition allows the insurance commissioner -- currently Dave Jones -- to regulate health care insurance premiums. It will be on the November 4 ballot.</p>

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 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 />

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>