- David Mittleman | September 01, 2011 9:15 AM | Lansing, 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...
- Diego Avila | August 09, 2011 4:28 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Miscellaneous
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is facing heat from the U.S. Justice Department of the Michigan Attorney General for alleged abuses involving attempts to artificially inflate the cost of health...
- David Mittleman | December 19, 2010 12:52 PM | Lansing, 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...
- David Mittleman | June 14, 2010 12:18 PM | Lansing, 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...
- David Mittleman | June 30, 2009 2:29 PM | Lansing, 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...
- David Mittleman | June 26, 2009 11:32 AM | Lansing, 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...
- David Mittleman | February 03, 2009 9:51 AM | Lansing, 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...
- David Mittleman | November 28, 2008 1:53 PM | Lansing, 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...
- David Mittleman | October 09, 2008 3:46 PM | Lansing, 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...