October 06, 2009 07:04 PM UTC

"Rationing Care," United Health Style

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• by: Colorado Pols

As the Denver Post reports, all too briefly:

The Colorado Division of Insurance fined United Healthcare of Colorado $211,000 and United Healthcare Insurance Co. $246,000, the regulator announced Monday.

The regulator’s market-conduct examinations, which covered calendar year 2007, found a number of violations including: providing incomplete information in certificates of creditable coverage; failing to pay claims accurately and in a timely manner; and failing to comply with the requirement for physician review in some cases.

Here’s the Division of Insurance’s full release, which also states the review “showed that some individual consumers — whose coverage under a small group plan had terminated — were not offered coverage under the state mandated basic and standard plans. United Healthcare Insurance Company also had several violations pertaining to information provided in its policy forms.”

You know, the little stuff–a doctor to review your claim before denying it, continuing access when your job changes, knowing what the hell you’re paying for…

This is the status quo “the guvmint” is supposed to keep its hands off, eh?