California Gets Failing Grade on Consumer Health Protections--New Spotlight on Pending Protections in Legislature

Published: June 12, 2008, 5:55 pm

Comparative Report Shows "Wild, Wild West" of Individual Insurance Market Lack of Significant State Protections is Boon for Industry, Burden for Consumers Bills Would Standardize Insurance and Eliminate "Junk" Coverage; Ensure Premiums Go To Patient Care, Rather Than Admin and Profit; and Review Rescissions By Anthony Wright Executive Director of Health Access California Key health reform bills got a boost today with the unveiling of a national report that compared California to other states in terms of consumer protections for individual health insurance. Key health consumer advocates stated that insurance companies can deny health coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, refuse to pay for services needed to treat common ailments, and yank policies and deny payments when a consumer faces a rash of medical bills, and California (and other states) have little authority to protect consumers from such abuses. Health Access California has based our comments

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