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2 unusual facts about Health maintenance organization


Federico A. Moreno

In 2000 the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation sent Moreno more than 50 lawsuits against various HMOs.

Health maintenance organization

Within a year, the Los Angeles Fire Department signed up, then the Los Angeles Police Department, then the Southern California Telephone Company (now AT&T Inc.), and more.


Campaign for Better Health Care

A case that originates from CBHC’s helpline goes to the Supreme Court in 1998, which rules in 2002 in favor that no HMO can refuse to allow you to get a second opinion.

Care Continuum Alliance

Health plans and integrated delivery systems (e.g., health insurers; health maintenance organizations; preferred provider organizations; Medicare Advantage plans; and Medicaid plans)

Leonard Abramson

In the late 1990s, Abramson sued Inside Edition for invading his privacy when the news show covertly videotaped him and his family at their Jupiter, Florida home, as part of an expose on the lifestyles of wealthy HMO executives.


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