Thousands of Americans lost their health insurance policies, since they were diagnosed with conditions that require enough financial backing because of their conditions' life-threatening characteristic.

Almost every other health insurance company practices rescission, when it comes to aiding people who need their financial help because of ill-health.

State regulators and congressional committees have documented this practice and last year, at one of their meetings, they stated that WellPoint has been the worst of all insurance companies, which has specifically targeted women suffering from breast cancer for aggressive examination with the intention of cancelling their health cover policies.

Federal Government and regulators have established that WellPoint, which is the country's major insurance company, has particularly targeted women with breast cancer with the objective of terminating their health insurance policies.

The insurance corporation has made use of computer program to mechanically activate fraud inquiries, regardless of any proof of illegal behavior.

This is a technique that the insurance companies make use of, in order to evade paying a hefty amount to their policy holders, by terminating their appeals, on the grounds of their firms' policies.