The Artvoice reported today that Blue Shield California twice refused to pay $2,700 emergency room claims by Rosalinda Miran-Ramirez, concluding that it was not a “reasonable” decision for her to go to the emergency room that morning when she awoke to a shirt saturated from blood with what turned out to be a breast tumor. Only after KPIX-TV reported the story did the insurance company pay the claim. Further, it reported that the National Women’s Law Center found that the laws of eight states permit insurance companies to deny health coverage to a battered spouse (as a “pre-existing condition”) since batterers tend to be recidivists.

How Insurance Companies Try to Downplay a Brain Injury from a Car Accident – and What You Can Do About It
You’ve been in a car accident. Thankfully, you walk away from it, not seeming to be injured. But as days pass, you feel that something isn’t right. You start developing symptoms that suggest you might have suffered a brain injury from the car accident.

