Health Care & Hospital Law
Nov. 21, 2009
Disabled Turn to State for Help, But State Turns Them Away
San Jose resident Maggie Vondras has never been to Indiana. But when an insurer tried to cancel her benefits, that state swooped to her rescue while California refused to help.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Last year, Maggie Vondras of San Jose found herself in a losing battle with her disability insurer.
The 56-year-old former pharmaceutical saleswoman depends on benefit checks for income because of a severe neck injury. Last October, after a doctor hired by her insurance company reported she was not disabled and it appeared her benefits would be cut off, Vondras asked the California Dep...
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