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Group Files Suit Against Blue Cross' Massive Premium Hikes

​A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Anthem Blue Cross in California over the health insurer's planned rate increases, some as high as 39 percent, in the Golden State. Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit, announced the suit Monday, stating that the insurer "used enormo ... More >>

Valley Girl's Death Spurs Lawsuit Against CIGNA

Today's L.A. Times' Business section looks at the battle of a San Fernando Valley couple fighting a health-care giant over the death of their daughter. Nataline Sarkisyan was 17 when CIGNA rejected her family's request for the medical insurer to cover a liver-transplant operation urged by her UCLA d ... More >>

Emergency Room Blues: My Own Private Public Option

About eight or nine years ago a colleague at the Weekly mentioned that she went to see a doctor at her HMO because of a headache. She left hours later after being given an MRI and a thorough examination for what was basically a cold. That, she said, was why health-care costs were so high. At the tim ... More >>

Sicko's Bitter Pill

Michael Moore’s new movie delivers a harsh diagnosis to the American health care system. Also a Q&A with Moore

War on the States

Key decisions in the U.S. Supreme Court’s mixed crusade against states’ rights

Ideologues Amok!

Right-wing zealots and our very own DiFi destroy Medicare, adjourn for turkey

The 2nd Annual List Issue

Right-wing zealots and our very own DiFi destroy Medicare, adjourn for turkey

Say It. Ain't So, Miguel.

L.A.'s top labor leader shills for the HMO vultures

Interview with Sheila Kuehl

L.A.'s top labor leader shills for the HMO vultures

Sacramento Legislates

Capitol awakens after 20-year nap