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January 23, 2012

Why Health Insurers Don’t Pay and What You Can Do About It Part 4 A Real Life Example: Chapter 2 By: B. Allen Bradford, Esq. This column is primarily for individual consumers, physicians, small businesses and small health care companies. Big hospitals and insurers play a vital role in the American health care system and I have nothing against them.  In fact, I spent 15 years inside the health insurance industry.  But the big players have plenty of very good lawyers to help them already.  My purpose here is to help others better understand how to navigate the health care system, which is sometimes bewildering, even to me. I’ll describe how to exercise your rights, some of the new rules imposed by the 2010 Affordable Care Act and other laws, and other topics that may be of practical value.

In my two June, 2011 posts titled “Why Health Insurers Don’t Pay and What You Can Do About It,” I had promised a future post to describe “an actual, real-life, frustrating and ultimately successful attempt to get health claims paid.”  I began that story in my last post (“A Real Life Example: Chapter 1”), will complete it in this post, and will review lessons learned from our story in Chapter 3, with reference my June posts.

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January 16, 2012

Why Health Insurers Don’t Pay and What You Can Do About It Part 3 A Real Life Example: Chapter 1 By: B. Allen Bradford, Esq. This column is primarily for individual consumers, physicians, small businesses and small health care companies. Big hospitals and insurers play a vital role in the American health care system and I have nothing against them.  In fact, I spent 15 years inside the health insurance industry.  But the big players have plenty of very good lawyers to help them already.  My purpose here is to help others better understand how to navigate the health care system, which is sometimes bewildering, even to me. I’ll describe how to exercise your rights, some of the new rules imposed by the 2010 Affordable Care Act and other laws, and other topics that may be of practical value.

In my two June, 2011 posts titled “Why Health Insurers Don’t Pay and What You Can Do About It,” I had promised a future post to describe “an actual, real-life, frustrating and ultimately successful attempt to get health claims paid.”  Now that the summer delay is over, here is Part 1 of that real life post!  I’ll tell and analyze this story in 3 chapters.  Today’s Chapter 1 will cover the first half of the drama (or perhaps comedy of errors), Chapter 2 will complete the story, and in Chapter 3, I’ll review “Lessons Learned” from our story, with reference to pointers from my June posts.

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January 23, 2012
Settling Future Medical Benefits under Tennessee Workers' Compensation LawsBy: W. Adam Izell and Tony Kestner When can a worker agree to close future medical benefits under the new workers compensation law that applies to injuries occurring on or after June 6, 2011?

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December 18, 2011

A Recall ExplainedBy: LegalEase A recall of an elected official is based upon “voters” gathering signatures on a petition for recall.  Depending on your state, different rules apply to the form of a recall petition and the number of signatures required on the petition.

A recall is defined as  (also called a recall referendum or representative recall) “a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before his or her term has ended.”

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December 9, 2011
Turmoil in The Cleveland Tennesse Police DepartmentBy: Chattanooga Times Free Press Chief Snyder called a story written by Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Todd South "grossly inaccurate."

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December 9, 2011

Ringgold incidents add to sex charges against convicted rapistBy: Chattanooga Times Free Press A convicted rapist who was charged this week with trying to pay woman to have sex with him has been charged in connection with additional sex-related crimes in Ringgold.

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December 9, 2011
Video Update: Virginia Tech ShootingBy: Time News Feed The gunman who walked up to a police car and shot a Virginia Tech officer to death fled to nearby university greenhouses, where he changed clothes. Despite his attempt to throw off a police manhunt, a patrolling sheriff’s deputy spotted him and the gunman killed himself.

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/09/police-virginia-tech-shooter-changed-clothes-after-killing-officer/#ixzz1g46g3I6r

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November 30, 2011

Penn State Scandal: 6 Alleged Victims Reportedly Set To Testify Against Jerry SanduskyBy: Huffington Post Former Penn State defensive coordinator and accused child rapist Jerry Sandusky likely agreed to a telephone interview with Bob Costas on NBC's "Rock Center" on Nov. 14 in order to publicly state his innocence.

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