Fines, Re-Statements, and More Fines - Just Another Week in the ...

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Tue, 07/22/2008 - 15:22

Several related stories about commercial managed care organizations/ health insurers surfaced recently.

First, as reported by Lisa Girion in the Los Angeles Times ,

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield -- two of the state's biggest health plans -- agreed Thursday to pay a total of $13 million in fines and to offer new health coverage to more than 2,200 Californians the companies dropped after they became ill.

Neither company admitted to any wrongdoing...

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