Mentally ill inmates held in Alabama’s prisons may soon be receiving better care thanks to a federal court. Late last week, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson awarded class action status to a lawsuit on behalf of prisoners allegedly receiving inadequate medical care from the Alabama Department of Corrections. That …
House Republicans Ask Court To Delay Their Lawsuit To Blow Up Obamacare Huffington Post Yesterday, 7:07 pm House Republicans want a federal appeals court to let them delay the next phase of their lawsuit against President Barack Obama that would have devastating consequences for the Affordable Care Act. A lower court this year ruled in favor of House Republicans’ claim that the Obama …
The largest health insurance company in Idaho is fighting one federal lawsuit and recently lost a second after refusing to pay medical bills for two men who were seriously injured in motorcycle crashes. Blue Cross of Idaho denied those claims based on a little-known exception: Insurers may refuse coverage when a patient is found to have committed “illegal acts.” Idaho law says health insurers …
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled Governor Branstad had the authority to close the state-run Mental Health Institutes in Clarinda and Mount Pleasant last year. Court: The citizens of Iowa granted the governor item-veto power The court threw out a complaint by two dozen Democrats in the state legislature and the president of the union that represented many of the workers at the two facilities. …
At least 40 people have now signed onto a class action lawsuit surrounding lead-tainted water in Northeast Fresno. Fresno Attorney Stuart Chandler has also agreed to join the case. The lawsuit claims that the city’s negligence corroded interior plumbing inside of homes and created health concerns.
A company with 11 skilled nursing homes in Pennsylvania doesn’t have enough staff to provide basic patient care — and faked it when state Department of Health inspectors were around, the state attorney general said in a consumer protection lawsuit filed Friday. One patient, for example, needed medical cream applied daily but records show it was skipped 19 times one month. The same resident …
The state attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit that claims a nursing home operator failed to provide basic services to elderly residents at its Harrisburg facility and 10 others in the state. Pittsburgh-based Grane Healthcare, which manages and operates Colonial Park Care Center, is accused of limiting the number of certified nursing assistants on duty, leaving …
Calling it a classic “bait and switch,” a California consumer group on Tuesday lashed out at Anthem Blue Cross of California, claiming it failed to adequately warn customers they were being shifted in 2017 to brand-new, stripped-down plans. Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog announced it has filed a class action lawsuit against the health insurance giant after Anthem moved hundreds of …
Recent findings reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine show that the sugar-sweetened beverage industry has financially backed scientific researchers to discard a link between sugary beverage consumption and metabolic outcomes such as obesity and diabetes. It is the latest in a series of related scandals to rock the public health world. This news, coupled with the revelation that two of …
Nonunion retired coal miners are seeking class action status in a federal lawsuit against CONSOL Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries for allegedly breaking a promise of lifetime health-care benefits. The suit filed earlier this month seeks class action treatment for about 2,000 nonunion retirees whose benefits were cut or eliminated in 2014 and 2015. The 20-page lawsuit filed in U.S. District …