WellPoint Inc. Blue Cross Bad Faith Insurance Claims

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WellPoint, the largest health benefits company in the US, is alleged to have systematically and illegally released policyholders with costly medical care.

The suit claims that Blue Cross looks for mistakes or omissions in approved health insurance applicants to cancel policies and avoid paying expensive medical claims. The suit also alleges the Blue Cross application is designed to be confusing with the intent to trap applicants into misstatements and omissions that could cancel their policies.

One plaintiff's Blue Cross coverage was cancelled when she contracted breast cancer - she "had failed to disclose on her original application that she has been exposed to hepatitis B." She had been exposed as a child and didn't think there was any problem with the exposure.

Another plaintiff's Blue Cross policy was cancelled after she needed gynecological surgery - "she had not disclosed to Blue Cross that she had been treated for severe, migrainelike headaches in 2000." The plaintiff claims she did not check off this item because it was included with other symptoms such as seizures and epilepsy, which she didn't have.

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WellPoint Inc. Bad Faith Insurance in the News

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MAR-24-07: WellPoint Inc. unit fined $1 million for violating state law, when an investigation found the company systematically dropped policyholders after they became sick or pregnant. [INDY STAR: WELLPOINT DROPS POLICY HOLDERS]

OCT-21-06: Blue Cross fined for wrongly rescinding a patient's health insurance policy. [DMHC: BLUE CROSS]

APR-27-06: WellPoint, its subsidiary Blue Cross of California, and Blue Shield were named in 13 new lawsuits for canceling health insurance policies and refusing to pay medical bills after patients sought treatment. [BAD FAITH INSURANCE: WELLPOINT]

MAY-05-06: WellPoint accused of retroactively cancelling health insurance because of expensive claims. [HEALTH CARE RENEWAL: WELLPOINT]

WellPoint Inc. Blue Cross Legal Help

If you or a loved one has had your insurance policy cancelled by Wellpoint Inc., you may qualify for damages or remedies that may be awarded in a Wellpoint insurance class action or lawsuit. Please click the link below to submit your complaint to an insurance lawyer for a free evaluation.