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Anthem Blue Cross agrees to $1M fine
Anthem Blue Cross has agreed to pay a $1 million fine to the California Department of Insurance and offer new coverage to 2,330 people it dropped after they began submitting costly medical claims. It... Read more...
L.A. city attorney says CA health insurer made illegal settlement offer
Anthem Blue Cross of California has apparently gotten itself into further legal problems while trying to extricate itself from previous ones. The insurance company, which was previously accused of... Read more...
CA governor vetoes bill banning some health policy cancellations
After years of controversy, in which the California's Department of Managed Health Care has struggled to stop health plans from retroactively canceling policies, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has... Read more...
CA Blue plans will pay $13M in fines over cancellations
Two of the state of California's largest health plans have agreed to pay a combined total of $13 million in fines related to their practice of rescinding policies for members after those members... Read more...
PacifiCare restores canceled policies
Health plan PacifiCare of California has agreed to restore coverage to consumers whose individual policies, the state says, were canceled unfairly. Under the terms of its agreement with state's... Read more...
CA regulators begin broad review of policy cancellations
In a move that could cost health insurers untold dollars, and possibly change the dynamics of the individual coverage market, the California Department of Managed Health Care has begun reviewing... Read more...
Los Angeles sues Anthem for individual policy cancellations
The Los Angeles city attorney has sued Anthem Blue Cross for allegedly canceling coverage of thousands of members after they filed large medical claims. In doing so, it's following the lead of the... Read more...
Bill may narrow health plan coverage exclusions
Right now, when consumers change health plans, federal law allows the new plan to refuse coverage of pre-existing conditions for 12 months. However, things may end up being different if a new bill... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: CA cancellations bring national attention to issue
In recent months, California regulators have tightened the screws on health insurers who allegedly cancel individual policies as soon as patients rack up bills. Their efforts have turned up so many... Read more...
