Oregon Senate Bill to allow folks to sue insurance companies for unlawful trade practices

Currently, insurance companies are exempt from the Unlawful Trade Practices Act, which basically prevents merchants from cheating people (writ large).  Support for this bill included testimony from Representative Clem's mother-in-law about the five year battle she had with Blue Cross Blue Shield to convince them that she was not dead and that they should pay her medical bills.  Of course the relatively short statute of limitations (one year) for UTPA violations would have probably prevented redress under the law for this situation, but it is a step in the right direction.