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First Patient to Sue HMO Under 2001 Law Tells Of Being Denied Access To Care and Court; Nurses, Advocates Push For Voluntary Arbitration
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SACRAMENTO, June 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The first HMO patient to
try to hold his HMO accountable under a new California HMO liability
law testified today that his HMO had denied him both vital treatment
for his degenerative disk disease and access to the courts.
The testimony supported SB 458 (Escutia), which would allow
patients like Goold to choose between courts and arbitration in cases
involving HMO interference with treatment lawsuits that fall under
California's HMO liability law (Section 3428 of the Civil Code).
"I now have extensive fusion of the vertebrae and spine resulting
in ...
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