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The Brian Lehrer Show / February 10, 2005

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Thursday, February 10, 2005
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  • Rx Appeal

    Some physical therapy patients are frustrated when they learn their insurer won’t cover the last stage of treatment. But all is not lost when coverage is denied. The Attorney General’s office and Citizen Action have advice on how to appeal a claim.

Rx Appeal

Richard Kirsch, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, says you are not powerless when HMOs say no
» Citizen Action of New York
and
Joe Baker, Bureau Chief, Attorney General's Health Care Bureau, explains what the Attorney General's office can do
» The Health Care Bureau of the New York State Attorney General's Office
» How to File a Complaint with the New York State Insurance Department Jennifer Michael Hecht, Professor of History at Nassau Community College and author, Doubt, a History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson (HarperSanFrancisco, 2003), says it's good to harbor doubts
and
Fred Mogul, WNYC Reporter
» Fred Mogul's report

The New Rendition

Jane Mayer, New Yorker Staff writer, reports that after America sends detainess abroad, they are often tortured
» "Outsourcing Torture" by Jane Mayer in the New Yorker
» The Taft/Yoo memos (The New Yorker)
» Q & A with Jane Mayer

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