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Blue Shield of California rescinds rate hike
Blue Shield of California has rescinded its plan to raise premiums on its individual policyholders for the third time in the past seven months, raising questions as to how its competitors will
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
WellPoint, UnitedHealth Group announce changes in their use of rescission
Under pressure from Congress and growing criticism from providers and patient right groups, health insurance giant WellPoint announced yesterday that it will begin implementing rescission reform on
SPOTLIGHT: WellPoint fights back against new rescission allegations
WellPoint Inc. is fighting mad about a news report that the company conducts targeted rescissions of policyholders with breast cancer and has already forced a partial rewrite for factual errors. On
Insurance company knowingly engaged in rescission efforts against HIV patients, court finds
In upholding a South Carolina county court's ruling from 2004 that insurance company Fortis (now known as Assurant Health) wrongly terminated an HIV patient's health insurance, the state's Supreme
California poised to pass tough anti-rescission bill
It looks like the state of California will pass a tough bill banning health plans from retroactively canceling consumer policies for alleged misstatements in their applications. The practice, known
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
Health Net will pay $1.95 million in recession suit
Marking another landmark in a titanic struggle between health plans, providers and consumers over the right to cancel policies, Health Net has agreed to pay $1.95 million to California hospitals to
California's policy-cancellation war
This year the California health insurance industry fought an entrenched battle with regulators over the right to cancel individual policies--even retroactively--whenever they saw fit. The regulators
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
