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密歇根州总检察长起诉该州的蓝十字健康保险公司Michigan Attorney General Sues State’s Blue Cross Health Insurer

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4月10日,底特律科美利加球场上的密歇根蓝十字蓝盾标志。摄影师:Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire/AP PhotoThe Blue Cross and Blue Shield Michigan logo at Comerica Park in Detroit on April 10. Photographer: Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire/AP Photo

密歇根州总检察长正在起诉该州的蓝十字蓝盾(Blue Cross Blue Shield)保险计划,指控其存在反竞争行为,这为一场关于蓝十字计划结构的长达数年的法律战开辟了新战线。

The Michigan attorney general is suing the state’s Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance plan for alleged anticompetitive conduct, opening a new front in a long-running legal fight over the structure of Blue Cross plans.

诉状称,该公司与其他的蓝十字计划合谋划分区域并减少竞争,从而增加了州政府雇员健康计划的成本。诉状还指控,该安排给密歇根州的消费者和企业带来了同样的问题。密歇根州蓝十字蓝盾公司的代表未立即发表评论。

The complaint says the company conspired with other Blue Cross plans to carve up territory and reduce competition, raising costs for state workers’ employee health plans. It also alleges that the arrangement created the same problems for Michigan consumers and businesses. A representative for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan had no immediate comment.

全国范围内的蓝十字蓝盾计划此前已同意支付数十亿美元的和解金,以解决其他关于反竞争安排的指控。

Blue Cross Blue Shield plans nationally have agreed to pay billions in settlements to resolve other allegations of anticompetitive arrangements.

该案件为密歇根州诉密歇根州蓝十字蓝盾互助保险公司案(案号:26-cv-13834,审理法院为密歇根东区联邦地区法院)。

The case is the state of Michigan v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Mutual Insurance Company, 26-cv-13834, in the Eastern District of Michigan.