LA City Attorney Sues Blue Cross For Illegal Rescissions
Los Angeles City Attorney, Rocky Delgadillo, filed suit against Blue Cross for illegal business practices, misleading advertising and illegal insurance policy rescissions. Delgadillo says that the lawsuit is on behalf of 6,0 ...

Anthem Blue Cross: Does It Really Want To Fix What’s Broken?
Advertisements by Anthem Blue Cross, California’s largest for profit insurer, promise to “fix what’s broken without breaking what already works.” However, consumer advocates wonder whether the company really means what it sa ...

Is Blue Cross Asking Doctors To Help Them Rescind Coverage?
Blue Cross of California has been sending copies of patients’ health care insurance applications to doctors advising them to contact Blue Cross if they notice that information contained on the application doesn’t match what p ...

Blue Cross Stops Letter Campaign
Only one day after Blue Cross of California came under fire from the governor, medical associations and Hillary Clinton for sending letters to doctors requesting them to do the work of the company’s underwriters, the insurer ...

Blue Cross Denial Forces CA Woman to Pay for Her Own Care
A California woman with a degenerative disc disease must pay for an artificial disk herself as her insurer, Blue Cross of California, has refused to pay for it as it is ‘experimental’. Protesters gathered outside of Blue Cro ...

Consumer Group Calls for Blue Cross To Restore Rescinded Health Insurance Policies
The consumer group, Consumer Watchdog, has criticized California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and Governor Schwarzenegger’s office for not forcing Blue Cross to reinstate rescinded health insurance coverage in o ...

Blue Cross Claim Denial Is ‘Bad Faith at Its Worst’
A recent claim denial by Blue Cross has left a California couple stunned – and angry. After telling the couple that full time nursing care for their severely disabled son was ‘medically necessary’, Blue Cross simply changed ...

Injured Teen’s Supporters Protest against Blue Cross
A 17-year old football player has been a patient at the Palomar Medical Center in San Diego, California since a football injury left him in a coma nearly four months ago. The hospital’s grounds have turned into a gathering f ...

New Report Shows Blue Cross Life’s Rescission Practices Score Low – Very Low
The California Department of Insurance recently evaluated BC Life’s claim rescission handling practices and scored the insurer very low. This article reports on the results of that report and what is being done to correct th ...

Is it enough for an insurer to say they’re sorry without providing restitution?
California insurers may be paying state regulatory fines instead of fixing problems with their rescission practices. They are leaving many insurers without coverage in the meantime.

Losing Insurance Benefits – One Woman’s Heartbreaking Tale
Cynthia Campbell, a 52 year old nurse with cancer, is about to lose her insurance after paying into the system for over 30 years. Her story is heartbreaking and is a problem that is all too common in America today.

‘Sick of Blue Cross’ Website Creating Controversy
The website ‘Sick of Blue Cross’ created by consumer group, ItsOURHealthcare.org, highlights cases in which Blue Cross has denied coverage to its policyholders.

Blue Cross: From Bad to Worse?
Blue Cross of California is being investigated by California for the way it does business and the promises the company has made in the past.

Policyholders Critical of Blue Cross at Hearing
Blue Cross policyholders were very critical of the company at a recent public hearing in Los Angeles. Over 100 people commented on the company’s operations since its parent company was taken over.

California Insurers Not Playing By the Rules
Blue Shield has been rescinding policies without attaching or endorsing the policies to their insurance contracts. The practice is called post claim underwriting and it’s against the law.

Blue Cross Settlement Promises at Stake
Blue Cross’s proposed class action settlement promise not to rescind policies without a showing of willful misrepresentation may soon be tested in a California court.

Court Decision May Change Post Claim Underwriting Practices
Post claim underwriting, an insurance company practice of rescinding coverage due to misrepresentations made in applications, is the focus of a case that threatens to change insurers’ practices in favor of consumers.

What Consumers Need To Know About the Blue Cross Settlement for Rescinded Coverage
Consumers involved in the Blue Cross of California proposed settlement announced recently should make sure that they protect their rights.

Blue Cross Agrees To Settlement and Changes in Healthcare Policy Rescission Practices in CA
In a surprising move, Blue Cross of California has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses it of canceling, or rescinding, healthcare policies after receiving expensive claims from policyholders.

Will Changes in CA Healthcare Rescission Practices Affect The Insurance Industry Nationwide?
Blue Cross of California has agreed to a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit that affects approximately 6,000 members who purchased individual healthcare policies since 2001.

Lawyers Say Blue Cross Settlement Is Unfair
Lawyers across the country say that the California Blue Cross settlement brought by policyholders whose health insurance was rescinded is unfair because it leaves them without insurance and makes it difficult for them to obta ...