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Chris Deacon, JD, is a healthcare leader and self-described public sector entrepreneur. Deacon formerly ran New Jersey's public sector health plan, covering 820k lives, and is recognized for her demand of transparency and accountability.

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Michigan Sued Its Own Blue Plan. Every State Health Plan Should Pay Attention.

On October 8, the State of Michigan sued the company that administers its own employee health plan.

The 116-page complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Case No. 2:26-cv-13834), accuses Blue Cross...

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When the Company Paying Your Claims Profits From Paying Them Late

Your claims administrator decides when a claim gets paid. If it also sells you stop loss, it decides whether and when that claim gets reimbursed.

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The Carriers Said Employers Already Get Their Data. Now They Want the Right to Withhold It.

In February, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association told Congressional staff that employer health plans already receive their claims data. In its written feedback on the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355), BCBSA described an electron...

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Enough With the Working Groups. New Jersey Already Knows How to Fix Its Health Plans.

New Jersey has announced another working group to figure out what is wrong with the State Health Benefits Program.

I can save them some time.

None of these problems are new. We have been talking about them for years. There have been task...

2 months ago
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The Carrier Said It Wasn’t a Fiduciary. The Court Said Otherwise.

Aramark Services, Inc., et al. v. Independence Insurance Company d/b/a Independence Administrators, et al., No. 26-1664 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 13, 2026) (Pappert, J.)


A federal judge in Philadelphia just handed self-funded employers one of...

2 months ago
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    Chris Deacon, JD, is a healthcare leader and self-described public sector entrepreneur. Deacon formerly ran New Jersey's public sector health plan, covering 820k lives, and is recognized for her demand of transparency and accountability.

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