Blue Cross wrote last week asking doctors to rat out their patients with undisclosed prior medical conditions so the insurer can dump them ...

Blue Cross letter brings outrage | Julia Prodis Sulek | Mercury News | Article Launched: 02/12/2008 06:21:15 PM PST
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Doctors, patient advocacy groups, small business associations - and even Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton - piled on the outrage. It came in response to a letter Blue Cross wrote last week asking doctors to rat out their patients with undisclosed prior medical conditions so the insurer can dump them from its rolls.

The move comes just months after Blue Cross was fined $1 million by the state for unfairly revoking coverage to scores of its policy holders.

"For a company that has gotten a real black eye over the issue of rescinding coverage over the past year - to actually be more aggressive rather than less is simply stunning," Anthony Wright, executive director of HealthAccess California, a health care advocacy organization. ...