Class Drops ACA Claims From Action Alleging Insurance ‘Bait-And-Switch’

(July 18, 2018, 12:43 PM EDT) -- YAKIMA, Wash. — Plaintiffs claiming that insurers engaged in a bait-and-switch scheme in which they advertised Affordable Care Act (ACA)-compliant plans but provided only “woefully little coverage” after enrollment may amend their complaint to drop those and other claims, a federal judge in Washington said July 17 while striking pending motions to dismiss the case (Cynthia Harvey, et al. v. Centene Corp., et al., No. 18-12, E.D. Wash.)....