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A plan member accused a plan vendor of disguising subcontractor fees as provider charges.
Credit: Adobe Stock Aetna Life Insurance Company and OptumHealth Care Solutions are closing to settling a federal class-action lawsuit over how they labeled administrative fees.
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Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
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