Former Insurance Commissioner and Gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine is taking on insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield in a lawsuit claiming that the company cut payments to doctors but continued charging customers the same higher rate as before. Blue Cross Blue Shield is the state’s largest insurer, covering more than three million Georgians. Things might get messy if/when the case receives class action status, and for BCBS the ship is DRIFTING…
Ga. Supreme Court’s controversial decision
The recent decision by the Georgia Supreme Court to no longer hear (most) murder appeals has led to criticism and debate, particularly from the state Court of Appeals, which will now handle those cases. Court of Appeals judges say their staffs are already stretched thin, and that such a move would require the legislature to significanltly increase funding and staffing within the Nathan Deal Judicial Center. The move leaves Georgia’s court system DRIFTING…
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