Blue Cross Fined for Cancelling Policies; Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield; FilmWeek
Blue Cross Fined for Cancelling Policies
HMO Blue Cross was fined 1 million dollars by California's Department of Managed Health Care for illegally dropping policyholders with large claims. Guest host Ted Chen talks with William Shernoff, an attorney who has filed a class action lawsuit against Blue Cross on behalf of the policyholders, and Glenn Melnick, Director of the Center for Health Policy and Management at USC's School of Policy, Planning and Development.
Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield
Guest host Ted Chen talks with former New York Yankee Dave Winfield about his book "Dropping the Ball: Baseball's Troubles and How we Can and Must Solve Them." (Scribner)
FilmWeek
Ted Chen and critics Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic for CityBeat and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com discuss this week's new releases, including Shooter, Reign Over Me, The Last Mimzy, Color Me Kubrick, First Snow, Pride, Memory, Offside, Withdrawal, and In the Pit.