From the Cleburne Times-Review: Michael Mager: The history and meaning of managed health care I recently wrote a story about a woman who donated a kidney to her husband so he could get off dialysis. The woman then developed diabetes and, because it was a pre-existing condition, her health insurance denied her claim. So she… Read More »
From SignOnSandiego.com: Medical board says physician ignored man’s cancer symptoms By David Hasemyer UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 23, 2006 For the last two years of her husband’s life, Shirley Gaytan watched him wither away. They both knew something was wrong, yet repeated visits to his doctor failed to provide an answer to his worsening health.… Read More »
From the Los Angeles Times: Kaiser Told to Reinstate Coverage Regulators’ action in a kidney patient’s case comes as scrutiny over cancellations grows. By Lisa Girion, Times Staff Writer October 19, 2006 State regulators for the first time have ordered a health plan to reinstate the insurance coverage of a patient whose policy was ruled… Read More »
Surgeon indicted on perjury charge — He’s accused of offering false alibi at gunman’s trial Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writer A San Francisco surgeon was indicted Thursday on charges that he committed perjury during a federal trial in 2002 in an attempt to win an acquittal for a man he had sponsored in a drug… Read More »
From the Los Angeles Times: By Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, Times Staff Writers October 11, 2006 Kaiser Permanente’s disgraced San Francisco kidney transplant program had failed to remove the names of 90 dead patients from the national waiting list for organs, state officials discovered after the program shut down amid scandal in May. Kaiser… Read More »
(AP) SACRAMENTO Thirteen former Kaiser Permanente custodians in Sacramento have sued the health care giant alleging racial discrimination. The lawsuit claims that the September 2005 terminations of 12 blacks and a Fijian-Indian over timecard violations were racially motivated. It also alleges that preferential treatment was given to white employees for scheduling vacations or taking sick… Read More »