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Litigation

Jun. 12, 2013

Major health insurer violating civil rights of AIDS patients, federal lawsuit claims

The nation's largest health insurer is endangering the lives and violating the civil rights and privacy of its HIV and AIDS patients in California by requiring them to obtain medication through the mail, according to a class action suit.


By Chase Scheinbaum


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The nation's largest health insurer is endangering the lives and violating the civil rights and privacy of its HIV and AIDS patients in California by requiring them to obtain medication through the mail, according to a class action lawsuit recently filed by Consumer Watchdog on behalf of anonymous patients.


The suit, filed in the Central District on Friday, seeks to prevent United Healthcare ...

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