The Judge Cites Health Net's "Egregious" and "Reprehensible" Bus...

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Sun, 02/24/2008 - 23:18

More than two years ago, we noted that Health Net Inc ,, the large US health insurer/ for-profit managed care organization, had settled a class-action lawsuit brought by California physicians under the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) standard.

Late last year, we noted that HealthNet was fined by the state of California for offering bonuses to employees who retroactively cancelled the most individual health policies after their holders got sick and filed claims, and that the...


 

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