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

TruthOut, Democracy Now by Amy Goodman | Sep. 9, 2009 (News Report)

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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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 profits, the main way they make profits, is by collecting money from patients and from families and not paying money back in claims.

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