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08.20.2015
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3 million beneficiaries will be directly protected as operators will have to solve the welfare problems so they can get new customers
Health insurance
From this Thursday (20), 73 of 15 health plan operators are with bated marketing, by determining the National Health Agency (ANS). In addition to stop selling, operators who wrongly denied coverage can receive fines ranging from R$ 80,000 to R$ 100,000.
More than 3 million beneficiaries will be directly protected, since operators will have to solve the welfare problems so they can receive new consumers.
Of the 15 operators framed in the suspension, 11 are repeat offenders. Of the four that were not on the list last two will have the marketing plans for the first time suspended.
Check here the list of health plans suspended
The measure is a result of program that evaluates consumer complaints regarding non-compliance with the maximum terms of service and other complaints of welfare nature as undue negative coverage.
The ANS has received 21,273 complaints from beneficiaries for their relationship channels. Since the start of the monitoring program, 1,140 planes of 155 operators have already had suspended sales and other 976 plans returned to the market after proving improvements in care.
Source: IG
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