Individual Issues Doom Class Alleging Inferior Provider Network, Judge Says

Mealey's (May 14, 2020, 9:32 AM EDT) -- YAKIMA, Wash. — A plaintiff credibly alleges that her insurer overstated its provider network, causing her to spend money on out-of-network care, but the individualized issues required for a remedy and the existence of superior methods of seeking relief doom the class, a federal judge in Washington said May 12 (Cynthia Harvey, et al. v. Centene Corp., et al., No. 18-12, E.D. Wash., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83642)....