Insurance Companies

Today, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled “Terminations of Individual Health Policies by Insurance Companies.” The hearing examined the practice of “post-claims underwriting,” which occurs when insurance companies cancel individual health insurance policies after providers submit claims for medical services rendered.

Peggy Raddatz testified about her brother’s experience:

What the Fortis Insurance Company did was unethical. To deny a dying person necessary medical treatment based upon medical conditions a patient has never had knowledge of, never complained about or never been treated for is cruel.

It is our hope that this information will benefit other patients who are in need of life saving medical treatments and who do not have the knowledge or means necessary to fight against the health insurance companies. It is further our desire to expose these practices of Fortis Insurance Company so that others do not suffer as their victims.

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The difference between an HMO and a PPO is that the HMO pre-pays doctors, while PPO doctors are not pre-paid and can work with the private sector as well. Discover the differences and similarities between an HMO and a PPO with tips from an insurance broker in this free video on health care and financial planning.

Expert: Vic Schumacher
Contact: www.HPEFinancialServices.com
Bio: Vic Schumacher is part of HPE Financial Services, a brokerage insurance company representing all major carriers.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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In order to pass a life and health insurance exam, the best thing to do is to take study courses, which can often be done online. Pass the life and health insurance exams through preparation with tips from an insurance broker in this free video on health care and financial planning.

Expert: Vic Schumacher
Contact: www.HPEFinancialServices.com
Bio: Vic Schumacher is part of HPE Financial Services, a brokerage insurance company representing all major carriers.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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Technorati Tags: disability, financial planning, government funding, health care, health insurance, HMO, Insurance, insurance companies, insurance premiums, medical expenses, medical procedures, PPO, social welfare

Today, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled “Terminations of Individual Health Policies by Insurance Companies.” The hearing examined the practice of “post-claims underwriting,” which occurs when insurance companies cancel individual health insurance policies after providers submit claims for medical services rendered.

The Committee conducted an investigation into the
practice of health insurance rescission, and the results were alarming. Over the past five years, almost 20,000 individual insurance policyholders have had their policies rescinded by the three insurance companies who testified today: Assurant, UnitedHealth Group, and WellPoint.

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On March 15, President Obama visited Northern Ohio, home of cancer survivor Natoma Canfield, who recently had to give up her insurance after a 40% rate hike. She was invited to tell her story before a crowd with the President but a recent diagnosis of leukemia prevented her from making it. Natoma, along with the countless other Americans in need of quality health care, are the reason health reform is needed so urgently.

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CIGNAs Edward Hanway spends his holidays in a $13 million beach house in New Jersey. Meanwhile, regular Americans are routinely denied coverage for the care they need when they need it most.

Welcome to the American health insurance industry. Instead of helping policyholders attain the health security they need for their families, big insurance companies get rich by denying coverage to patients. Now theyre sending lobbyists to Washington, DC to twist the arms of lawmakers to oppose reform of the status quo. Why? Because the status quo pays.

Learn more at www.sickforprofit.com about the glamorous lives of billionaire health insurance executives and tell us your story of being victimized by their greed.

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Today, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled “Terminations of Individual Health Policies by Insurance Companies.” The hearing examined the practice of “post-claims underwriting,” which occurs when insurance companies cancel individual health insurance policies after providers submit claims for medical services rendered.

The Committee conducted an investigation into the
practice of health insurance rescission, and the results were alarming. Over the past five years, almost 20,000 individual insurance policyholders have had their policies rescinded by the three insurance companies who testified today: Assurant, UnitedHealth Group, and WellPoint.

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Today, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled “Terminations of Individual Health Policies by Insurance Companies.” The hearing examined the practice of “post-claims underwriting,” which occurs when insurance companies cancel individual health insurance policies after providers submit claims for medical services rendered.

The Committee conducted an investigation into the
practice of health insurance rescission, and the results were alarming. Over the past five years, almost 20,000 individual insurance policyholders have had their policies rescinded by the three insurance companies who testified today: Assurant, UnitedHealth Group, and WellPoint.

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This piece was produced in conjunction with the Huffington Post.
Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post:
Congressman Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) led a protest Monday outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Washington, site of the 2009 national conference of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade group for the health insurance industry.
“We are not radicals! We are not a fringe element!” shouted Massa, who opted not to use the bullhorn provided by protest organizers. “We are the 48 million Americans who cannot access health care today!”
To read the full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/10/eric-massa-protests-outsi_n_173520.html

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The President discusses a key factor that has been considered in the development of the health insurance reform proposals that are being considered: the impact of reform on small business. Go to WhiteHouse.gov to read a new Council of Economic Advisers report and give your feedback. July 25, 2009. (Public Domain)

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Technorati Tags: health care, Health Insurance Reform, President Barack Obama, Small Business, Weekly Address, White House