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Diabetic patient loses leg and lawsuit against HMO.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-APR-03
Format: Online - approximately 543 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Diabetic patient loses leg and lawsuit against HMO.(health maintenance organizations)

Article Excerpt
On paper, at least, it looked as if Charles Haynes did everything right.

In 1999, when his employer changed health plans to Prudential Health Care, the diabetic Mississippi man was allowed to continue using his primary care physician, who was not in PruCare's network. But when his right foot and leg began swelling later that year, he followed the HMO's advice, bypassing his regular doctor and calling three in-network physicians.

Haynes struck out. One doctor's phone number was disconnected; another's...

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