RICO Resource Center (June 11, 2007)
Welcome to CMA's RICO Resource Center. Click on the table of contents for information on various aspects of the RICO class action lawsuit.
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UPDATED! ADDITIONAL AETNA DEADLINE INFORMATION!
- Settlement Information
- Physicians' Foundations
- CMA Press Releases and Articles
The RICO class action lawsuit won another significant victory this summer when Anthem/WellPoint settled with physicians. It is the fifth major insurance giant to settle with CMA and the other plaintiffs. Through this and previous settlements, physicians will receive more than $344 million in cash payments from health plans and court-ordered reforms valued at more than $1 billion. Click here for CMA's RICO Settlements At-a-Glance document.
CMA started the case five years ago, challenging the rapacious tactics of the for-profit managed care industry. The case allowed physicians to air profound grievances against an industry that has arrogantly and unfairly exploited them for well more than a decade.
As a federal appeals court said in 2004: “It would be unjust to allow corporations to engage in rampant and sy
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