Re: New Lawsuit Alleges Unitedhealth/Pacificare Deceived
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2006
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numero = 68186
interpreted = N
texte = Good for you, Sal! My thoughts and prayers are with you. Pat On Nov 22, 2006, at 4:03 AM, sal danna wrote: > Just wanted to give all of you an update. After all of that crap I > went through having two surgeries, etc my insurance refused to pay for > the second surgery, then cancelled my whole policy. Well, I am now > finally going to get my day in court!! > > > New Lawsuit Alleges Unitedhealth/Pacificare Deceived Cancer Patient > http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/11/prweb480788.htm > > Download this press release as an Adobe PDF document. > http://mediaserver.prweb.com/pdfdownload/480788/pr.pdf > > New Lawsuit Alleges Pacificare Set Course Of Deception To Avoid Claims > and Cancel Policy of 34 Year Old Kidney Cancer Patient To Increase > Company Profits. > > Irvine, CA (PRWEB) November 18, 2006 -- UnitedHealth Group, the > nations second largest health insurer, and its subsidiary Pacificare > of California were named in a lawsuit yesterday for canceling the > health insurance policy and refusing to pay medical bills after a > cancer patient sought treatment. (D'ANNA vs PACIFICARE OF CALIFORNIA > #GIN057028) > > The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of San Diego by attorneys > Robert K. Scott and Scott Mahoney of the Irvine-based Law Offices of > Robert K. Scott. The lawsuit adds UnitedHealth Group and Pacificare of > California to the growing list of California insurers who have been > accused of revoking health care polices after patients get sick. > > UnitedHealth Group Inc Thursday announced a 38% jump in its > third-quarter earnings, aided by gains from last years PacifiCare > acquisition. Recent revelations of a "conflict of interest" have been > reported at the DMHC during hearings on the merger between > UnitedHealth and Pacificare in California. > > "I was repulsed when I learned that the CEO of UnitedHealth Group had > 1.6 Billion in stock options while I am being harassed by collection > agencies for the medical bills Pacificare refused to pay", said > Salvatore D'Anna, the Plaintiff in the lawsuit. > > According to the lawsuit filed yesterday, UnitedHealth Group and > Pacificare of California allegedly failed to properly manage the > patient's cancer treatment and withheld information that put his life > in jeopardy to avoid the cost of a second surgery to remove his kidney > because of remaining cancer reported in his Pathology report. > > Pacificare allegedly withheld the coverage decision for the second > surgery until the patient flew across the country for the procedure. > Submitted documents indicate Pacificare informed the patient the day > before the surgery that they were denying coverage which forced the > patient to ask his parents to loan him $25,000 for a down payment on > the surgery. When the patient returned home, instead of offering to > pay for the surgery, Pacificare allegedly sent a letter that purported > to cancel the policy. > > The Complaint against UnitedHealth Group and Pacificare can be read > here. > http://66.135.39.97/webcatalog/StoreBuilder/Pacificare/docfile/ > complaint.pdf > > About The Law Offices of Robert K. Scott (www.robertkscott.com): > > For over thirty years, The Law Offices of Robert K. Scott has sued > insurance companies on behalf of both individual consumers and > businesses against the abuses of the insurance industry. This area of > law is known as "insurance bad faith." Our goal is to vigorously fight > to protect your rights and to achieve maximum results for you. > > ### > > Trackback URL : > http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/ > U3F1YS1TaW5nLUluc2UtSGFsZi1NYWduLVplcm8= > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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Good for you, Sal! My thoughts and prayers are with you. Pat On Nov 22, 2006, at 4:03 AM, sal danna wrote: > Just wanted to give all of you an update. After all of that crap I > went through having two surgeries, etc my insurance refused to pay for > the second surgery, then cancelled my whole policy. Well, I am now > finally going to get my day in court!! > > > New Lawsuit Alleges Unitedhealth/Pacificare Deceived Cancer Patient > http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/11/prweb480788.htm > > Download this press release as an Adobe PDF document. > http://mediaserver.prweb.com/pdfdownload/480788/pr.pdf > > New Lawsuit Alleges Pacificare Set Course Of Deception To Avoid Claims > and Cancel Policy of 34 Year Old Kidney Cancer Patient To Increase > Company Profits. > > Irvine, CA (PRWEB) November 18, 2006 -- UnitedHealth Group, the > nations second largest health insurer, and its subsidiary Pacificare > of California were named in a lawsuit yesterday for canceling the > health insurance policy and refusing to pay medical bills after a > cancer patient sought treatment. (D'ANNA vs PACIFICARE OF CALIFORNIA > #GIN057028) > > The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of San Diego by attorneys > Robert K. Scott and Scott Mahoney of the Irvine-based Law Offices of > Robert K. Scott. The lawsuit adds UnitedHealth Group and Pacificare of > California to the growing list of California insurers who have been > accused of revoking health care polices after patients get sick. > > UnitedHealth Group Inc Thursday announced a 38% jump in its > third-quarter earnings, aided by gains from last years PacifiCare > acquisition. Recent revelations of a "conflict of interest" have been > reported at the DMHC during hearings on the merger between > UnitedHealth and Pacificare in California. > > "I was repulsed when I learned that the CEO of UnitedHealth Group had > 1.6 Billion in stock options while I am being harassed by collection > agencies for the medical bills Pacificare refused to pay", said > Salvatore D'Anna, the Plaintiff in the lawsuit. > > According to the lawsuit filed yesterday, UnitedHealth Group and > Pacificare of California allegedly failed to properly manage the > patient's cancer treatment and withheld information that put his life > in jeopardy to avoid the cost of a second surgery to remove his kidney > because of remaining cancer reported in his Pathology report. > > Pacificare allegedly withheld the coverage decision for the second > surgery until the patient flew across the country for the procedure. > Submitted documents indicate Pacificare informed the patient the day > before the surgery that they were denying coverage which forced the > patient to ask his parents to loan him $25,000 for a down payment on > the surgery. When the patient returned home, instead of offering to > pay for the surgery, Pacificare allegedly sent a letter that purported > to cancel the policy. > > The Complaint against UnitedHealth Group and Pacificare can be read > here. > http://66.135.39.97/webcatalog/StoreBuilder/Pacificare/docfile/ > complaint.pdf > > About The Law Offices of Robert K. Scott (www.robertkscott.com): > > For over thirty years, The Law Offices of Robert K. Scott has sued > insurance companies on behalf of both individual consumers and > businesses against the abuses of the insurance industry. This area of > law is known as "insurance bad faith." Our goal is to vigorously fight > to protect your rights and to achieve maximum results for you. > > ### > > Trackback URL : > http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/ > U3F1YS1TaW5nLUluc2UtSGFsZi1NYWduLVplcm8= > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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