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Phony health insurance. (Scam Alert).
Dozens of companies selling bogus health insurance plans have left tens of thousands of people without coverage and with millions in unpaid medical bills. They target the self-employed and small-business owners desperate for affordable coverage.
Typically promoted as "union plans" or "association plans," these fake programs generally promise very low rates and say they do not need a state license because they are regulated by the U.S. Department of Labor under the pension law known as ERISA. Not so.
The plans often use a small portion of premium dollars to pay some of the least expensive claims. Patients and doctors are stuck with the unpaid bills and, possibly, a damaged credit rating.
For example, last year Employers Mutual LLC and the National Association for Working Americans sold nonexistent health insurance to more than 50,000 workers and family members, according to John Morrison, the Montana Insurance Commissioner. The workers and their families were left without health insurance and with an estimated $65 million in unpaid medical bills. Employers Mutual LLC operated in every state; the National Association ...
- Virginia Alleges that Nevada-Based Health Insurance Company Violated ERISA.
- News wire article from: Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) June 6, 2002 700+ words
Jun. 6--The State Corporation Commission has issued a warning to Virginians who have purchased health insurance from Employers Mutual LLC, a company based in Nevada. The SCC said the U.S. Department of Labor has alleged that the firm...
- The health insurance that wasn't: Terri Orr thought she was protected ... but...
- Magazine article from: Good Housekeeping Janes, Erika Rasmusson September 1, 2005 700+ words
...just one snag: Most health insurance companies they talked...number of fraudulent health insurance firms that have been...suggested Employers Mutual LLC. "Their nice logo...in which Employers Mutual LLC gained Reeves's...
- Sham health insurance is on the rise, leaving people with big bills they...
- Newspaper article from: The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) October 13, 2003 700+ words
...least one case of phony health insurance sold to employers in the...American Heartland to stop its health insurance operations in that state...Nevada-based Employers Mutual LLC, which was shut down in...appear when the cost of health insurance soars. According to ...
- Sham Health Insurance On the Rise.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 13, 2003 700+ words
...least one case of phony health insurance sold to employers in the...American Heartland to stop its health insurance operations in that state...Nevada-based Employers Mutual LLC, which was shut down in...appear when the cost of health insurance soars. According to ...
- Private Health Insurance: Unauthorized or Bogus Entities Have Exploited...
- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony April 1, 2004 700+ words
...expectations of those buying health insurance. These unauthorized...typically associated with health insurance products or other...recent report Private Health Insurance: Employers and Individuals...entities--Employers Mutual, LLC. DOL and the states...
- Health-Insurance Scams Find New Victims, Report Finds.
- News wire article from: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX) August 30, 2003 700+ words
...opportunities for health insurance scams, which in...found. Unauthorized health insurance plans, which prey...costs also fueled health-insurance scams, said Mila...example, Employers Mutual LLC, an unlicensed nationwide...
- Scams increase as health insurance costs rise, government says.
- Magazine article from: Managed Care Weekly March 22, 2004 700+ words
...relief from rising health insurance costs are increasingly...more than 200,000 health insurance policies, mostly...by GAO - Employers Mutual LLC of Nevada - sold...legislation to make health insurance more affordable...
- Nevada panel to probe health insurance scams.
- Magazine article from: Managed Care Weekly April 5, 2004 700+ words
...report on what's being done to protect Nevadans against health insurance fraud. Assemblywoman Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, who...the worst examples was a Nevada-based company, Employers Mutual LLC, which was shut down after it collected $16 million in...
- Colorado, Nation See Increase in Health Insurance Scams.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 6, 2002 700+ words
...Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 6--Health insurance premiums that seem too good to be true could be a scam...reputable, licensed companies. Take, for example, Employers Mutual LLC of Nevada, a firm accused by the U.S. Department of Labor...
- Three arrested for allegedly operating bogus health insurance.
- Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week May 31, 2004 700+ words
...arrested for allegedly defrauding customers of their bogus health insurance company that left more than $30 million in unpaid claims...operation," Mrozek said. The three owned or operated Employers Mutual LLC, a company that purported to provide health care coverage...
