Posts tagged blue cross

• Mental Illness is a Serious Issue, But Do Insurance Companies See It That Way Too?

  David Mittleman | September 01, 2011 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Mental illness affects millions of people across the world and is listed second in the burden of disease rankings, coming in just behind cardiovascular conditions. Additionally, mental illness can...

• Blue Cross Blue Shield on the Hot Seat Again for Attempting a Rate Hike on Seniors' Policies

  David Mittleman | December 19, 2010 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Last month an Ingham County judge blocked Blue Cross Blue Shield from instituting rate increases on insurance policies by up to 66% for some seniors with supplemental Medicare policies. This isn't...

• Potential Change in Michigan Law Could Help Families Affected by Autism

  David Mittleman | June 14, 2010 12:18 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  For parents of children with autism, daily life can be a labor of love. Take, for example, Rita Douglas, who, like so many other Michigan parents, would do anything to get treatment to help her...

• Special Needs Children Pay When Insurance Companies Don’t

  David Mittleman | June 30, 2009 2:29 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Last week I posted an article about Blue Cross Blue Shield and its agreement to pay families of autistic children a total of $1 million for behavioral therapy coverage. Although this settlement is a...

• Blue Cross Blue Shield to Pay $1 Million to Families of Autistic Children

  David Mittleman | June 26, 2009 11:32 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Blue Cross Blue Shield has agreed to pay $1 million dollars total to families that sought coverage for behavioral therapy for their young autistic children and were denied. The settlement money will...

• BCBS of Michigan Picked A Terrible Time to Increase Rates

  David Mittleman | February 03, 2009 9:51 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It is no secret that times are tough in Michigan. The state has the highest unemployment rate in the country which has forced thousands of people to purchase individual health insurance plans that...

• Health Insurers Propose to Accept All Applicants, With One Big Condition

  David Mittleman | November 28, 2008 1:53 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Last Wednesday, Health insurers released proposals to accept all applicants, regardless of preexisting disease or disability, IF Congress mandates all Americans have coverage. Although the if is a...

• Medicare Refuses to Pay For Medical Mistakes And Doctor's Negligence

  David Mittleman | October 09, 2008 3:46 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Starting October 1, Medicare announced it will no longer pay for treatment resulting from medical errors which occurred during a hospital stay. What does this mean to the over 44 million Americans...