The horrific experience of La Rosa Carrington recently made national headlines. Ms. Carrington’s health insurance carrier threatened to cut off her health insurance coverage while she was going through chemotherapy for leukemia. The reason was not that Ms. Carrington had not paid her health insurance premiums; she had in fact paid, but her insurance carrier had erroneously determined that her payment was 1 cent short. Fortunately for Ms. Carrington, her insurance carrier ultimately found that she had paid the correct amount and stopped their threats to end her coverage. But what if they hadn’t sufficiently investigated and had actually ended her coverage? What if Ms. Carrington was left to try to find new insurance coverage while seriously ill and receiving expensive treatment? The result could have been a bad faith insurance lawsuit. (more…)
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Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuits
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Challenging the Insurance Industry: California and Federal Efforts Continue. What Can You Do to Fight Insurance Bad Faith?
Friday, July 10th, 2009California and federal lawmakers have been talking a lot lately about “rescission,” that is, when an insurance company cancels your medical coverage, even though premiums were paid. The Los Angeles Times reports that the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations found that people with breast cancer and over a 1,000 other medical conditions were targeted for rescission. (more…)
