If you are a subscriber of an individual health plan issued by Anthem Blue Cross and have been since September 2009, you may be entitled to rights under a class action settlement.
A class action settlement has been reached with Anthem Blue Cross of California d/b/a Anthem Blue Cross (“Anthem Blue Cross” or “Defendant”) in a class action lawsuit in Ventura County Superior Court in California (styled Feller et al. v. Anthem Blue Cross of California etc. et al., Class Action Case No. 56-2010-00368587-CU-BT-VTA) alleging, among other things, that Anthem Blue Cross closed the PPO Share 500, PPO Share 1000, PPO Share 1500, and PPO Share 2500 individual Anthem Blue Cross health plans without providing policyholders the options or notices required by California law, specifically Cal. Health & Safety Code Section 1367.15, according to the Anthem Blue Cross of California class action settlement notice.
Anthem Blue Cross of California Settlement Class Members reportedly include “all current California residents who were enrolled in the PPO Share 500, PPO Share 1000, PPO Share 1500, and PPO Share 2500 individual Anthem Blue Cross Health Plans [the “Closed Block Plans”] and were sent notices of closure in or about September 2009, and who continue to maintain their health insurance coverage through Anthem Blue Cross whether in a Closed Block Plan or in another individual health plan offered by Anthem Blue Cross as of the date of the Agreement.” The Anthem Blue Cross of California Settlement Class definition reportedly excludes those Anthem Blue Cross enrollees who received a closure notice from Anthem Blue Cross in or about September 2009 and do not have individual coverage through Anthem Blue Cross or have left the Company altogether.
Pursuant to the proposed Anthem Blue Cross of California settlement, the Anthem Blue Cross will provide Settlement Class Members with a cap on their health plan insurance rates, offer them additional Anthem Blue Cross health insurance coverage options, and give members the right to change Anthem Blue Cross health insurance plans without the need to obtain additional medical underwriting, at certain defined times between the settlement approval date and December 31, 2013.
A “Final Fairness Hearing” will reportedly be held on August 26, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. in front of The Hon. Frederick H, Bysshe, Jr., Department 41 of the Ventura County Superior Court, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, California 93009.
For more information on the Anthem Blue Cross of California class action lawsuit settlement, visit the Feller Blue Cross class action settlement website:
www.fellerbluecrosssettlement.com
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