Joseph Conn reports:
The potential legal liabilities from the unprecedented breach of some 80 million individuals’ records at Indianapolis-based insurance giant Anthem could entangle nearly 60 health insurance plans from Hawaii to Puerto Rico, legal experts say. More than 50 class-action lawsuits related to the breach already have been filed in less than a month.
The plans could find themselves held legally responsible for the breach under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy and security law as well as state laws. They likely also face a rising number of private civil suits, according to legal experts.
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