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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Apr. 6, 2007

Retroactively Canceling Insurance Lands Blue Cross in Flurry of Litigation

LOS ANGELES - Imagine fighting cancer, then having to fight a collections agency over unpaid medical bills you thought were covered by insurance.

By Anne Marie Ruff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Imagine fighting cancer, then having to fight a collections agency over unpaid medical bills you thought were covered by insurance.
      That's the scenario faced by several clients of attorney William Shernoff after Blue Cross of California retroactively rescinded their insurance policies. Over the last 12 months, Shernoff has broug...

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