Audit puts Illinois lawmakers in hot water with the state’s insurance companies

Illinois lawmakers and insurers are coming under fire for an insurance deal that was brokered last year. A new report released this week from the state’s Auditor General, William Holland, has highlighted some serious problems with the insurance deal the state made with Blue Cross Blue Shield. The deal saw more than $7 billion worth of insurance policies held by state employees transferred to the major insurance company. One of the problems is that many of the policyholders caught up in the plan lived in one of 24 counties where…

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