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HLA Acting Director Comments on Historic Settlement in MEGA Life Case
| September 08, 2009 | Link to article
An insurer that allegedly misled people into buying low-cost health insurance policies and then denied coverage after they became ill will pay $17 million in what the state says may be the largest consumer protection settlement against a health plan in Massachusetts history.
HealthMarkets Inc., of North Richland Hills, Texas, and its subsidiaries MEGA Life and Health Insurance and Mid-West National Life Insurance are also banned for at least five years from selling new health plans in Massachusetts and must exit the state health plan business completely, according to a judgment filed yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court and outlined by state Attorney General Martha Coakley.
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On August 11, 2010, Staff Attorney Audrey Perlow testified before the Office of Medicaid regarding the state’s recent cuts in adult dental services. - HLA Executive Director Testifies in Response to Sale of Caritas
On July 1, 2010, HLA Executive Director Matt Selig testified before the Office of the Attorney General and The Department of Public Health regarding the sale and conversion of Caritas Christi Health Care. - HLA Cited in Media Report on Mental Health Care Access
A Boston Globe report on access to mental health care features comments by HLA’s Executive Director Matt Selig - HLA Joins Other Advocates Urging Strong Federal Parity Regulations
HLA, with advocates for health care consumers and providers, submitted comments urging the federal government to finalize regulations to broadly expand insurance coverage for mental health services.
