Tag: insurance companies
The Standard of Care in Medicine
Proverbs 22:16 He who gains by oppressing the poor or by bribing the rich shall end in poverty. Back when I was a surgeon in practice, physicians assessed their own independent performance and compared it to the “standard of care...
Insurance Commissioner Lara Extends Insurance Cancelation Moratorium in Wildfire Areas
On Thursday, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that, for the second year in a row, a one-year moratorium would be placed on insurers from canceling or not-renewing homeowners policies in wildfire-affected ZIP codes. Altogether, the announcement will affect 2.1...
Trump Administration Threatens to Stop Some Federal Health Funding Over California’s Abortion Law
On Friday the Trump Administration threatened California that it would halt certain federal health funds because of California’s requirement that abortions need to be covered under insurance. A new federal stance on insured abortion laws The Department of Health and...
Fire Policies Can No Longer Be Dropped By Insurance Companies In California
After years of rising numbers of wildfires and insurance claims against wildfires skyrocketing in California, the California Insurance Commission announced Thursday that homeowner policies will no longer be canceled in wildfire-affected areas. At an Oakland Hills news conference, California Insurance...
Presidential Hopeful Bernie Sanders Holds Large Rally In Downtown Sacramento
“I’m here this evening to ask for your help to win the Democratic primary in California,” said Bernie Sanders, the U.S. Senator from Vermont, to a wildly cheering crowd Thursday evening. “This is about defeating the most dangerous President in...