Local community clinics and public hospitals see big jump in uninsured patients
By Sandy Kleffman
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 02/24/2009 08:00:00 AM PST
Growing waves of uninsured patients are flooding local community clinics and public hospitals, increasing pressure on the East Bay's frayed health care safety net.
Many of the newly uninsured lost their health coverage when they lost their jobs.
Julia
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Blue Cross of CA Settles Claims
Anthem Blue Cross (of CA) is agreeing to a settlement with California regulators, the latest pact reached by insurers over the issue of canceling insurance plans after patients got sick.
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/02/11/anthem-blue-cross-settles-over-canceled-coverage-in-california/
The insurer, owned by WellPoint, has agreed to pay a fine of $1 million and to offer new coverage to 2,330 after they incurred big medical bills, the Los Angeles Times reports. The company will also reimburse them for medical bills they paid after their coverage was dropped, at a cost Anthem said could hit $14 million, the newspaper adds.
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/02/11/anthem-blue-cross-settles-over-canceled-coverage-in-california/
Please see the Wall Street Journal (Feb 11, 2009) for the complete article.
Julia
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/02/11/anthem-blue-cross-settles-over-canceled-coverage-in-california/
The insurer, owned by WellPoint, has agreed to pay a fine of $1 million and to offer new coverage to 2,330 after they incurred big medical bills, the Los Angeles Times reports. The company will also reimburse them for medical bills they paid after their coverage was dropped, at a cost Anthem said could hit $14 million, the newspaper adds.
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/02/11/anthem-blue-cross-settles-over-canceled-coverage-in-california/
Please see the Wall Street Journal (Feb 11, 2009) for the complete article.
Julia
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