Consumers Affected
400,000
The Minnesota Attorney General issued an alert urging Medicare beneficiaries to review coverage options after insurers reduced or discontinued Medicare Advantage plans in Minnesota. The release describes no privacy enforcement action, monetary penalty, or remedy.
This release does not allege a privacy violation or announce an enforcement remedy, so it does not identify privacy clauses that require changes. Health insurers and organizations administering Medicare plans should nevertheless review insurer, third-party administrator, and provider-network agreements for clear advance notice obligations when plans or networks are discontinued or changed, accurate provider and pharmacy directory requirements, prescription and transition-of-care continuity, and responsibilities for communicating coverage options to affected members. These are operational contract considerations prompted by the alert, not requirements imposed by an enforcement action.
Entity
Minnesota Attorney General's Office
Industry
Insurance"The Official Website of Office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison"
"many insurers are reducing or fully discontinuing certain offerings of Medicare Advantage plans across the U.S., including throughout Minnesota."
"Minnesota Aging Pathways (formerly known as Senior LinkAge Line) estimates that nearly 400,000 Minnesota Medicare beneficiaries are affected by this change."
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief opposing the federal government’s lawsuit concerning California’s voter rolls. The press release describes election litigation and does not announce a privacy enforcement action, penalty, or remedy.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting New York’s authority to pursue a civil fraud case against Donald Trump and his business associates. The brief was filed in an appeal; the press release does not report a ruling, penalty, or remedy, and does not describe a privacy enforcement action.
$7.1M
A bipartisan coalition of 36 attorneys general settled allegations that General Motors collected and sold drivers’ driving-behavior and location data to data brokers, whose customers included insurance companies. GM will pay $220 million nationally, with Minnesota receiving $7,095,664, and must obtain affirmative express consent before collecting or disclosing driving and location data.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined a multistate coalition suing to block a FinCEN rule that exempted nearly all businesses from Corporate Transparency Act reporting and announced that it would delete existing ownership information. The coalition alleges violations of federal law and asks the court to invalidate the rule and require FinCEN to continue collecting and maintaining the database; no penalty or court order is reported.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison led a coalition of 17 attorneys general in an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals. The coalition asked the appeals court to reverse a lower court decision and block the revocation; this press release describes no privacy-related allegation, penalty, or remedy imposed.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a consumer-protection lawsuit alleging that L’Oréal and its subsidiaries marketed chemical hair relaxers as safe while concealing cancer risks, particularly from Black women and girls. The state seeks civil penalties, consumer restitution, and an injunction requiring adequate health-risk warnings; these are requested remedies, not an outcome reported in the release.