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Anthem Blue Cross Announces Settlements With California Insurance Department Over Rescinded Health Insurance Policies; ... (Medical News Today)
Anthem Blue Cross, California's largest for-profit health insurer, has agreed to offer new coverage to 2,330 state residents whose policies were rescinded between 2004 and 2008 after they submitted claims for costly medical care, the Los Angeles Times reports (Girion, Los Angeles Times, 2/11).
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Capitol Hill Watch | Congress Approves $787B Economic Stimulus ... - Kaiser network.org
Capitol Hill Watch | Congress Approves $787B Economic Stimulus ... Kaiser network.org, DC - 23 hours ago ... Los Angeles Times , 2/17). The stimulus package also includes $24.7 billion for federal subsidies to cover 65% of the cost of health insurance premiums ...
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Pleasant Care: Bankruptcy Court Finalizes Class Action Settlement Restoring Health Care Benefits and Vacation Pay to ... (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17, 2009 -- Morris Polich & Purdy LLP represented a class of several hundred former employees of the now defunct Pleasant Care nursing home chain, after their health insurance coverage was retroactively terminated and earned vacation pay withheld.
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Insurers exceed state-issued rates for last-resort health coverage (Los Angeles Times)
Anthem promises to make amends but Blue Shield says it's not obliged to follow guidelines. Two of California's largest insurers have been selling health coverage intended to be a safety net for the state's sick and jobless at premiums that exceed state-issued rates, in some cases by thousands of dollars a year.
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