Posted in Consumer, Consumer Law, Courts, Employment Discrimination, Government, Health Care, Insurance Law, Labor and Employment, Politics, tagged ADA, Americans with Disability Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, Genetic Nondiscrimination Act, New Laws, New York State WARN Act, No-Prejudice Rule on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Long Island Business News recently published an article concerning new laws that are going into effect this year that will affect business and consumers. Here they are in capsule summary form, but you can also check out the article for more detail:
Repeal of the no-prejudice rule that allowed insurers to deny coverage if the insured failed [...]
Posted in Elder, Health Care, Miscellaneous, Products Liability, Tort, tagged Boston Globe, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Crib, Mesh, Minnesota, Nursing Home on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Although I have been out of commission during the past week or so, seeing that it is the holidays, there have in the meanwhile been tragic accidents that have occurred as a result of unsafe products, insufficient warnings, and corporate negligence. Bringing them to your attention, I realize, is in a way Scrooge-like and the antithesis of spreading holiday cheer, but for [...]
Posted in Consumer, Government, Health Care, Miscellaneous, tagged American Prospect, Ezra Klein, Health Care, Insurance Companies, Pre-Existing Conditions, Universal Health Care on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Check out this post by Ezra Klein, a young hotshot journalist at the American Prospect, entitled “Your Insurer Is Not Your Friend.”
In a nutshell, he explains how the scaremongering tactics of Republicans and insurance companies when it comes to universal health care – warning that government and bureaucrats will come between you and your doctor – [...]
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