Blue Cross of California Move Comes Under Fire
Two editorials criticized a Blue Cross of California program that asked doctors to identify pre-existing conditions that patients might have omitted from insurance applications. Blue Cross terminated the program last week.
- "Editorial: Crossing your fingers is not health insurance" (Sacramento Bee, 2/16).
- "Violating doctor-patient trust no way to cut costs" (Oakland Tribune, 2/18).
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