Legal Opinion
Charlotte Phillips v. Wellpoint Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 19, 2014No. 12-3882, 13-2230PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
During 2001 the insurance regulators of Illinois permitted WellPoint (through a subsidiary) to acquire RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc., which offered health insurance through its subsidiary Ri-ghtCHOICE Insurance Company. Well-Point caused RightCHOICE Insurance to withdraw from the Illinois market in 2002; this cancelled all RightCHOICE policies. WellPoint offered the policyholders costlier UniCare policies as substitutes. Persons who elected not to pay the higher premiums had to' shop for policies from different insurers, which usually declined to cover pre-existing…
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