los angeles times reports health insurance companies (like wellpoint) outsourcing clinical services and decision-making to india and the phillipines - dumping nursing jobs in the u.s., heightening medical risks - and privacy risks, too, sharing privileged medical information outside the country, where protections don't exist.
in a related article, the paper reports that another 10% of employers anticipate dropping health insurance coverage for employees over the next 3 years, and as medical costs keep rising.
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