Sarah Fink v. Dakotacare Dakotacare Administrative Services, Inc. Platte Community Memorial Hospital, Inc.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Sarah Fink admitted herself for psychiatric hospital treatment in late 1997, expecting that her medical expenses would fall within the continuation group health coverage that her mother, Margaret Fink, had obtained from a former employer, Platte Community Memorial Hospital, Inc. (“Platte”). Five days later, Platte terminated contracts with its group health benefits provider, Dakotacare, a South Dakota health maintenance organization, and with Dakotacare Administrative Services, Inc. (“DAS”), a Dakotacare subsidiary hired to assist Platte in providing continuation…