Вот тут еще можно почитать про то, как людей кидают:
http://www.sickofbluecross.com/consumer_stories/Да и сам сайт весьма интересен:
http://www.sickofbluecross.comPhysicians in California have encountered a new reason to be outraged by WellPoint. Blue Cross California has recently sent letters to physicians instructing them to inform the company of any pre-existing conditions they come across when evaluating patients. The letter demanded that ''[a]ny condition not listed on the application that is discovered to be pre-existing should be reported to Blue Cross immediately.'' The California Medical Association promptly forwarded the letter to state regulators complaining that the insurance company is ''asking doctors to violate the sacred trust of patients to rat them out for medical information that patients would expect their doctors to handle with the utmost secrecy and confidentiality.''
Проблема заключается в том, что крупные корпорации, а медицинские страховые компании очень крупные корпорации, держат эту страну за фаберже, и держат очень хорошо. И это транслируется в решения судов:
Blue Cross Fined $1M; Dropped Policies LOS ANGELES (AP)
- State regulators fined California's largest health insurance provider $1 million for violating state law, saying an investigation found that the company systematically dropped policyholders after they became sick or pregnant.
Officials with the Department of Managed Health Care said they hoped the fine would prompt changes at Blue Cross of California, and they plan similar investigations into other health insurance providers in the state, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
The department's findings could expose Blue Cross to legal liability in dozens of lawsuits filed by consumers who allege their policies were illegally canceled.
The investigation found that Blue Cross used computer programs and a dedicated department to cancel the policies of pregnant women and the chronically ill regardless of whether they lied on their applications about pre-existing medical conditions - a standard required by state law.
>Consumer advocates praised the state for its report but questioned whether the fine was substantial enough to affect WellPoint, which earned $3.09 billion in net profit last year on revenues of $56.95 billion.
То есть, суд штата Калифорния посчитал, что штраф в один миллион вполне достаточен для компании с оборотом в миллиарды долларов. Смешно.
Пока суды не начнут защищать права потребителей по взрослому ничего не изменится. Простым людям остается только молить всевышнего, что страховка, которой они исправно платили годы, в нужный момент их не кинет.
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