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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Sep. 26, 2007

Health Care Rescission Process Kicks Ailing Patients When They're Down

Forum Column - By William M. Shernoff - A case coming through the California court system presents a rare window to end the practice of patients being dumped by their health insurance company after a major medical condition arises.

FORUM COLUMN

By William M. Shernoff

      When it comes to rescinding individual health care policies, insurance companies play the role of prosecutor, judge and jury.
      They wait until policyholders get sick and need expensive medical treatment, then begin digging through their medical past, searching for reasons that they can claim justify rescinding the coverage.
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