Data Reveals California's Private Insurers Deny 21 Percent of Claims

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee has released new data that shows one in every five requests made for medical claims by insured patients, even when recommended by a physician, are rejected by California's largest private insurers. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
Topics: Health Care
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Sep 9, 2009 - 4:51 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Sep 9, 2009 - 4:51 PM PDT
Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 15, 2009

The data on private insurer "death panels" is timely for the building climax of the health care debate.

Thank goodness they did not quote Senator Maximum Bogus on his latest delays.

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Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - Sep. 10, 2009

The insurance companies aren’t in business to provide care; they’re in business to make profits for their shareholders. One of the ways in which they make ... More »

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Tanya J. Maurer
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by Tanya J. Maurer - Sep. 15, 2009

Thom Hartmann quotes a survey that no nation allows health insurance to be for profit, other than the United States.

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