Comments on: Canceled Cancer Patient Awarded $9 Million

California Insurer Will Begin Using A Review Panel Before Dropping Policies

[ramos937]

"Some of the documents Health Net was forced to hand over revealed that senior analyst, Barbara Fowler, single-handedly dropped hundreds of policy holders like Bates from the rolls every year.The shocker: the company awarded her bonuses based on how many policy holders she dropped.

The company called 2003 - the year Fowler dropped Patsy Bates - "a banner year" for her, for saving the company $6 million in what they call "unnecessary health care expenses.""It has never affected how I performed my job duties," Fowler told CBS News, but Bates'' attorney called that outrageous and illegal.

Fowler lost money if she did not drop costly policies and made money if she did. This is a gross conflict of interest and no sane businessman would ever run his business this way. I hope more people whose policy was dropped sue. And I really hope they somehow sue the shareholders, officers and board of directors.
Once you get to these people, other insurance companys will clean up their act.

[jerkeedoodle]

shanev137,I agree.Our judicial system is a farce.They let jerks such as these steal billions,and then fine them millions.That should put a stop to it!DUH!

[jerkeedoodle]

Awww,Da poor ol'' insurance tompany dot his wittle wawwet stomped.

[shanev137]

The award should negate their profit for a quarter or two.

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The award should have been ten times what it was, and should have crippled the company to the point of putting it out of business.

There''s no reason at all why this company should even be allowed to be in business after what they did to these people.

[andor3]

"None of you think 9 Million is just a little too much?"

No. perhaps too little. The woman deserves everything she can get after what the company put her through.

But the main point is the award has to hurt the company and scare other insurers. Corporations have no morals--they are motivated strictly by profit. The award should negate their profit for a quarter or two.

Of course, profit is the problem with the USA healthcare system. A for-profit health care system is a dumb idea that will not work

[shanev137]

What a great loss for this insurance company!!

I hope all their customers bail on them now and go somewhere else before they have a chance to raise their rates.

[slim1h2o]

Posted by tulcak at 05:07 AM : Feb 23, 2008

Agreed!

[tulcak]

DSR57, Our premiums went up? what premiums? I haven''t had health care for 7 years because I can''t afford the premiums. and anyways, I don''t think health care should be provided for profit - this is immoral at the extreme. and, I really don''t give a rat''s backside about YOU having to pay higher premiums... maybe it will force you to admit that health care for profit just doesn''t work.

[tulcak]

when are you republicans going to get it? privitization of health care, energy utilities, infrastructure, etc... is a expensive and 100% way of running things into the ground at the expense of PEOPLE. some things should stay "not-for-profit" because you have greedy, selfish people who don''t give a f*** about anything but MONEY MONEY MONEY. They should not only award this woman millions, they should fine the sh** out of this company. Oh, they are going to have a "review board"? a review board to review how they can f*** people without being held legally liable (they don''t care about the moral aspect obviously).

[rudy654-2009]

Every post won''''t agree with yours--that does not mean the other posts are wrong--it means there is something you don''''t like--ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW. Posted by b-easy63 at 03:05 AM

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