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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Penalty: $2,670,000,000
Year: 2022
Date: August 9, 2022
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: The country's Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers agreed to pay over $2 billion to settle class action litigation that accused them of anti-competitive practices. Court documents did not indicate how much each of the companies would be required to pay.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Alabama
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:13cv20000
Case Name: In Re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation MDL 2406
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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