Below is a sample of the many additional news and investigative reports to be introduced over the next few months exposing the unethical practice of insurers’ use of biased experts in the claims process.

News & Investigations:

•     Patrick Rucker, A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her (ProPublica, April 29, 2024)

•     Wayne Drash, Aetna settles suit alleging claim-denying medical director never read patient’s records (CNN, April 26, 2019)

•     Doug Terry, $25.6 Million Verdict Against Aetna Exposes Systemic Flaws in Insurance Coverage, (Globe Newswire, November 9, 2018)

•     David Lazarus, Column: When your insurer denies a valid claim because of ‘lack of medical necessity (L.A. Times, January 23, 2018)

•     Frontline: Business of Disaster (PBS and NPR, S. 34, Ep. 11, May 24, 2016)

•     Insurance Claims Payment Process In The Gulf Coast After The 2005 Hurricanes: Hearing Before The Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations Of The Committee On Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, 110th Cong. 7 (p. 20) (2007) (Testimony of Hon. Jim Hood, Attorney General, State of Mississippi)

•     Staff Report, State Farm to Probe Haag Firm (Picayune Item, September 22, 2006)

•     Anita Lee, Damaging Opinions: Attorney Claims Consultants’ Findings Convenient for Insurance Companies (SunHerald.com, July 30, 2006)

•     Dateline: Benefit of the Doubt (NBC television broadcast, October 13, 2002)

•     60 Minutes: Did Insurer Cheat Disabled Clients? (CBS television broadcast, Nov. 17, 2002)