Blue Shield of California Files Lawsuit Against CenCal Health for Dumping Patients to Avoid Paying Medical Costs
The suit, filed this week in
"For over a year,
"Moreover, CenCal continues to collect money from the state for each of these members while not covering many of their medical expenses. CenCal has publicly admitted this was done to 'help shift the cost of their medical care to the other insurance carrier [
"The
"Importantly, these types of financially self-interested third-party payment schemes are spreading across the nation, resulting in higher individual market rates that threaten the viability of the Affordable Care Act and Covered California."
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