Health Insurance Companies Ordered To Reinstate Canceled Policies
18 04 08 - 14:24
Los Angeles (dbTechno) - California state health officials have ordered the largest health insurance companies in the state to reinstate 26 health policies which officials say were improperly canceled. The investigation will continue as they look over every case in California where a person had their health insurance policy canceled.
The state health officials have confirmed that they will be reviewing thousands more cases in the coming months as well.
The statw Department of Managed Health Care will review the case of every single person in California who has had their health insurance policy canceled in the past four years.
It is believed the number of cases to be reviewed will go above 12,000.
This was the first action out of a two-year investigation launched into canceled policies by health insurance companies.
The 26 reinstated policies were a part of a sample of 286 cases which the health officials reviewed at random.
The investigators found that there was no logical or legal reason for the health insurance companies to cancel any of these policies.
The health insurance companies in question include Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Kaiser Permanente, HealthNet, and PacificCare.