According to CNN and the NPR podcast on This American Life, health insurance companies have saved over $300,000,000 in the last 5 years by rescinding policies purchased by their sickest customers. That is a huge savings to the insurance industry and a cruel burden to the ex post facto uninsured consumer. By waiting until after […]
Bill Moyers’ half hour interview with Wendell Potter, formerly head of PR for Cigna helps shed light on the health care debate. Potter is the guy who quit his high profile job at CIGNA because he could no longer stomach what he was being asked to defend. Reminds me of the tobacco executives. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/watch2.html Potter’s […]
Hospital reimbursement is a mysterious beast. With Medicaid, Medicare and BCBS, the hospital fills out a report that details their expenses. These reimbursing entities then evaluate cost for the hospitals and arrive at a per diem rate for patients. That means that hospitals that spend the least will be reimbursed the least. With a non-profit […]
Lawyers who believe in equal justice for everyone must recognize that when a client is the victim of legal malpractice he or she is entitled to have the claim heard. If lawyers will not represent people against lawyers our system of justice fails.
