- UnitedHealthCare paid $ 2.5 million reconciliation to resolve a lawsuit that claims to violate the Federal Telemarketing Law.
- The individual to be claimed received a reconciliation notice by mail by mail, including instructions on how to submit the claim.
- The settlement payment is estimated to be between $ 350 and 1,000 per person.
UnitedHealthcare agreed to pay $ 2.5 million as a resolution in a group lawsuit that claimed that the company had called for illegal telemarketing in violation of the federal law.
The lawsuit claims that UNITEDHEALTHEALTHCARE, a health insurance company, has violated. Telephone consumer protection lawFederal law that the recipient is prohibited from calling a telemarketing without prior permission by using the audio message left by a company artificially or in advance.
Reconciliation affects more than 12,000 individuals.
What you need to know about the reconciliation and the person with the qualifications of payment is as follows:
Who qualifications for the settlement payment?
According to settlementThose who have been recorded in advance from January 9, 2015 to January 9, 2019 are United Healthcare Medicare and retired non -licensed teams, communities and state retirement teams in the state. Alternatively, the med care and retirement collection team and a third party who is allowed to receive such a phone call is to be paid.
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The qualified individual received a settlement notice by email or email.
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How much is the payment?
According to the payment, the payment is estimated from $ 350 to $ 1,000. settlement。 The final amount depends on the number of requests submitted.
How do you pay for payment?
Eligible individuals will notify you to receive a settlement notification by email or email and request payment. The notification included a unique login code and password for submitting a complaint online.
Claims can be done online via an Electronic form Alternatively, by downloading and printing PDF, mailing to a claim. The claim must be submitted by April 15, 2025.
What happens if you are qualified and do nothing?
A qualification for the settlement and the person who does nothing will not receive the payment.
What happens next?
The court will decide whether to give the final approval of the reconciliation on June 20, 2025.
Payment leads to data infringement of record breaks
UNITEDHEALTHCARE's reconciliation leads to recorded data infringement that could be affected by about 190 million UnitedHealth Group customers in February last year. This violation has been suspended for a few weeks of changing health care owned by United Health, and has banned doctors and hospitals paying when the computer system has been down. Customer identification, bank records, and health data were published by hackers. The affected ones have been contacted, and the final number of the affected will be confirmed at a later date.
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