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FTC Nets $145M to Resolve Deceptive Online Health Insurance Marketing Claims

The FTC has reached proposed settlements with Assurance IQ, LLC and MediaAlpha, Inc., resolving allegations that the companies misled consumers into buying health insurance plans without the promised coverage and subjected many to unwanted telemarketing and robocalls. In its complaint against Assurance, the FTC alleged that the company violated the FTC Act and the Telemarketing…

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NY Settles With Insurer on Data Breach Rooted in Security Deficiencies

New York AG Letitia James settled with Root Insurance Company to resolve allegations that the company’s data security deficiencies led to a 2021 data breach involving 72,000 people, in violation of state consumer protection and data security laws. According to the settlement, Root inadequately safeguarded personal information that its online automobile insurance quoting tool prefilled…

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Minnesota AG Settles with Blue Cross Blue Shield over Mental Health Parity

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has reached a settlement with BCBSM, Inc. d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and HMO Minnesota d/b/a Blue Plus (collectively, “Blue Cross”) to resolve allegations that the insurer violated the state’s mental health parity laws. According to the settlement, Blue Cross allegedly failed to comply with mental health parity requirements…

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Bipartisan AGs Tell Health Care Company to Step Up Response to Cyber Attack

A multistate coalition of 17 Democratic and 5 Republican AGs wrote a letter to UnitedHealth Group Inc. urging the company to improve its response following a cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare, which provides a data clearinghouse used by providers, pharmacies, and insurers. In the letter, the AGs note that in the wake of a…

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