Source: David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times

Karen Fairbank has cataracts and is scheduled for surgery in March at UCLA’s Jules Stein Eye Institute. With her high-deductible Blue Shield of California policy, she was facing about $3,000 in out-of-pocket expenses.

But with a contract dispute between Blue Shield and UCLA showing no sign of resolution, Fairbank, 59, of Pacific Palisades found herself looking at more than $12,000 in costs because the insurer said it wouldn’t cover the operation.

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