In the long struggle for healthcare reform, there are some battles that I’m shocked we even have to fight. Unfair insurance rescission is one of them – that’s when an insurance company decides to retroactively declare that you’re ineligible for coverage, even after you’ve been paying your premiums for months or even years. Regulators and law enforcement officials have charged companies with unreasonably dropping coverage, some say to get out of paying large claims. Regardless of one’s perspective on healthcare reform overall, unfair insurance rescission is too raw an injustice to ever be tolerated.

But the good news is that patients have won a victory in California! After much public outcry, two California health insurers have just agreed to reinstate coverage for 1,200 people that they had previously cut off. There are still thousands more people in California waiting for restitution, and some health insurers are facing lawsuits and criminal investigations over these practices. And we still have a long fight ahead of us to make abolish discrimination on pre-existing conditions. But even though we shouldn’t have to fight this battle against unfair insurance terminations in the first place, it’s still important to celebrate the victories along the way.

Click here to learn more about unfair insurance terminations and add your name to the growing number of healthcare workers speaking out against this terrible practice.

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