Health insurers refuse to limit rescission of coverage

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 02:07 in Health & Medicine

Lawmakers ask three executives if they'll stop dropping customers except where they can show "intentional fraud." All say no. Executives of three of the nation's largest health insurers told federal lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday that they would continue canceling medical coverage for some sick policyholders, despite withering criticism from Republican and Democratic members of Congress who decried the practice as unfair and...

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