State attorney general targets health insurers

The California attorney general's office opened an investigation Thursday into allegations that the state's largest health insurers were rejecting medical claims at alarming rates. ...

... The nurses union said some of the companies had denial rates between 27 percent and 40 percent during the first six months of this year, with PacifiCare rejecting 39.6 ercent of claims it received.

The CNA said Cigna rejected 32.7 percent, Health Net 30 percent, Kaiser Permanente 28.3 percent and Blue Cross 27.9 percent.

You only THINK you have insurance.

Kaiser Permanente Agrees to Settle Patient-Dumping Lawsuit

This is an update to a post last November on www.health-insurance-litigation.com about allegations of patient-dumping by Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday that Kaiser has agreed to a settlement of civil and criminal charges brought by the Los Angeles City Attorney. The first-of-its-kind settlement "requires the HMO to establish new discharge rules, provide more training for employees and allow a well-known former U.S. attorney to monitor its progress."