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.
Protect the Public-Make Big Rigs Safer
July 31, 2013
Yesterday, we discussed allowing vehicles to talk to each other. The recommendation, in part, stems from two school bus accidents. In New Jersey last year a dump truck crashed into the rear left side of the school bus in an intersection spinning the bus into a pole. The