Anthem Blue Cross agreed to stop imposing mid-year policy changes that raise costs for consumers, reports the L.A. Times.
The 2011 lawsuits accused the company — California’s largest for-profit health insurer — of hiking annual deductibles and other costs individual consumers had to cover in the middle of the year. Anthem Blue Cross isn’t admitting any wrongdoing here but agreed to the settlement to avoid “further expense.”
The insurer will mail notices to affected customers as well as post information about the settlement on a website. Checks should be on their way to consumers by December: you’ll only receive a check if you were affected by those mid-year policy changes, but any residents enrolled in individual Anthem plans won’t be facing mid-year cost increases in the future.
Anthem Blue Cross to repay $8.3 million to customers in class-action settlement [Los Angeles Times]
by Mary Beth Quirk via Consumerist
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