Newsweek: Health Insurance 'Ghost Networks' Cost People Thousands Of Dollars: Lawsuit
October 24, 2024
In “Health Insurance 'Ghost Networks' Cost People Thousands Of Dollars: Lawsuit” (Newsweek, October 24, 2024), Newsweek discusses the class action lawsuit filed by Pollock Cohen LLP partner Steve Cohen and co-counsel Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP partner Jake Gardener against Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield regarding the issue of inaccurate health care provider directories and their impact on patients’ access to health care.
The article explains that thousands of patients have incurred unexpected out-of-pocket expenses due to Anthem’s inaccurate directory of doctors and that affected patients have lost thousands of dollars because they were unaware that their provider didn’t actually accept their insurance. Steve Cohen told Newsweek, “BCBS’s grossly inaccurate provider directories quite literally hurt people. People were misled into thinking Anthem actually had an adequate network of doctors when they did not. People relied on these misrepresentations and paid a heavy price for doing so.” The lawsuit was filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York.
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Health Insurance 'Ghost Networks' Cost People Thousands Of Dollars: Lawsuit | Newsweek
