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Similar to the settlement last year in a case against Aetna Health, Horizon Blue Cross has reached a settlement in the case of Drazin v. Horizon Blue Cross whereby the insurance company will pay $1.2 million to the 566 affected insureds who were denied extended coverage for treatment of their eating disorders. Also part of the settlement, Horizon Blue Cross agreed to treat any future eating disorder claims by its insureds as they would claims for biologically-based mental illnesses (BBMI) like schizophrenia. Such reforms will cost the company an estimated $17.8 million.

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Recently, several class action lawsuits have been filed against three Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania hospitals that could impact more than 100,000 current and former hospital workers. The lawsuits allege that the hospitals were cheating workers out of pay by automatically deducting a half-hour for meals, regardless of whether such a break was taken, not paying for work performed before and after scheduled shifts and not paying for required training.

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