article_snippet.sent: Kathryn Tucker, an attorney on several of the court cases, is also spearheading the California lawsuit.
article_snippet.sent: This time, she and she legal team decided to include among the plaintiffs two doctors with life-threatening illnesses, Swangard and a retired San Francisco obstetrician.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this year, a physician friend asked a surgeon if a surgeon'd be willing to join the California case.
article_snippet.sent: Blue Shield of California Foundation helps fund KHN coverage in California.