Insurance Company Sued Raising Insurance Rates
The Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press report health insurance rate increases by Anthem Blue Cross resulted in lawsuits by policy holders.
The suit, which could gain class-action status, alleges that Anthem has violated "state law by closing certain policies to new members while illegally offering remaining customers alternative plans with fewer benefits at higher rates."
Meanwhile, the Kansas Health Institute has a package of stories about a malpractice case being considered by the Kansas Supreme Court in which the justices could determine if the state's caps on medical malpractice awards are constitutional. The case involves a woman whose doctor removed the wrong ovary resulting in an award that was reduced based on the State's cap on medical malpractice lawsuits.
There is no argument that medical care costs have to be curtailed and are out of control. Insurance companies are gouging consumers by increasing rates to unattainable levels leaving people and businesses without insurance.
At the same time that medical negligence caps are unfairly limiting consumers rights to recover for genuine mistakes their doctors make.
And the legislature continues to mull over health care reform while the democractic majority leader, Harry Reid, suffer's personal set back relating to his wife and daughter's injury when a semi tractor rearended the car they were in.
