Finkelstein Thompson LLP is currently investigating consumer complaints by women who allegedly have had their health insurance policy improperly canceled after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The alleged cancellations, also called rescissions, were issued by health insurance carriers that are subsidiaries of WellPoint. Anthem, Anthem Blue Cross, and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield are among the insurance companies owned by Wellpoint.

On April 22, 2010, a Reuters investigative report discussed how Wellpoint was allegedly "using a computer algorithm that automatically targeted . . . policyholder[s] recently diagnosed with breast cancer. The software triggered an immediate fraud investigation, as the company searched for some pretext to drop their policies, according to government regulators and investigators. Once the women were singled out, they say, the insurer then canceled their policies based on either erroneous or flimsy information." In a letter dated April 23, 2010, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent a letter to WellPoint urging them to immediately end their practice of dropping health insurance coverage for women with breast cancer.

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