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WellPoint accused of misleading public about rescissions
Los Angeles city prosecutors are accusing WellPoint (NYSE: WLP ) of making false and misleading representations of rescission practices in press releases issued earlier this year. This action is the
Health reform will greatly benefit women, Commonwealth Fund report says
Increased pregnancy care coverage and bans on policy cancellations for extraordinarily sick patients are two primary reasons why analysts from the Commonwealth Fund believe women will be one of the
Insurers have no plans to end rescission practices
Despite all the bad press on the practice of rescissions , don't expect health insurers to stop it anytime soon. Executives from WellPoint, UnitedHealth Group and Assurant defended the practice on
California considers regs to reduce policy rescissions
Regulators in California have proposed new regulations intended to defeat the health plan industry's practice of canceling policies retroactively over inadvertent application errors. If enacted,
Blue Shield of California wins recission ruling
Over the past couple of years, California health insurance plans have been getting their clocks cleaned over rescissions of individual health insurance policies. Largely, courts and state agencies
CA residents to get renewed health coverage
About 3,400 California consumers whose individual policies were improperly revoked will soon get invitations to rejoin their health plan. The letters are being sent out as part of a batch of
WellPoint pays hospitals $11.8M to settle bills from rescissions
Leading health plan WellPoint has agreed to pay $11.8 million to settle claims with hundreds of hospitals that it failed to pay after it dropped patients after treatment. WellPoint was sued by about
