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Elderly Couple "Royally Duped" By Health Care Company: Plan Wasn't Insurance At All

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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Minnesota Star Tribune:

Mary Lloyd's husband was lying in the intensive care unit of an Arizona hospital when she got a good look at their new health insurance card for the first time.

Then she got the shock of her life. The card read: "This is NOT an insurance card."

Read the whole story: Minnesota Star Tribune

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