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Health Care & Hospital Law

Sep. 4, 1998

Mom Claims Kaiser Misrepresented Quality of Care

Riding the coattails of a state appeal court decision that allowed a mother to take her health maintenance organization to court because it misled her on the quality of care it provided, another mother is suing Kaiser for discharging her and her newborn girl from the hospital less than 24 hours after delivery, despite the mother's illness.

By Denise Levin
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        Riding the coattails of a state appeal court decision that allowed a mother to take her health maintenance organization to court because it misled her on the quality of care it provided, another mother is suing Kaiser for discharging her and her newborn girl from the hospital less than 24 hours after del...

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