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Feb. 13th, 2008 08:41 pmhttp://www.mercurynews.com/lifeandstyleheadlines/ci_8247947
Facing a torrent of criticism Tuesday, Blue Cross of California abruptly halted its practice of asking physicians in a letter to look for medical conditions that could be used to cancel patients' insurance coverage.
In a statement issued about 6 p.m., the state's largest for-profit insurer said, "Today we reached out to our provider partners and California regulators and determined this letter is no longer necessary and, in fact, was creating a misimpression and causing some members and providers undue concern.
"As a result, we are discontinuing the dissemination of this letter going forward."
translation: "we didn't think people would notice...okay, we will try again later when no one is looking"
I sincerely hope that anyone who chooses to work for a for-profit health insurance company in the United States today, and willingly acts as a gear/oil in the machine that takes away sick people's health insurance dies from a slow, painful cancer, which would be curable, except that their insurance won't cover the costs of treatment.
Facing a torrent of criticism Tuesday, Blue Cross of California abruptly halted its practice of asking physicians in a letter to look for medical conditions that could be used to cancel patients' insurance coverage.
In a statement issued about 6 p.m., the state's largest for-profit insurer said, "Today we reached out to our provider partners and California regulators and determined this letter is no longer necessary and, in fact, was creating a misimpression and causing some members and providers undue concern.
"As a result, we are discontinuing the dissemination of this letter going forward."
translation: "we didn't think people would notice...okay, we will try again later when no one is looking"
I sincerely hope that anyone who chooses to work for a for-profit health insurance company in the United States today, and willingly acts as a gear/oil in the machine that takes away sick people's health insurance dies from a slow, painful cancer, which would be curable, except that their insurance won't cover the costs of treatment.
