Linda Arnold v. Health Care Employees Employer Dental and Medical Trust

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LINDA ARNOLD, No. CV 23-3974 PA (AGRx) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS OF FACT AND

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

13 v. 14 UNITED HEALTHCARE INSURANCE

COMPANY,

15 Defendant. 16 17 18 19 This is an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) action for recovery 20 of medical benefits. Plaintiff Linda Arnold (“Plaintiff” or “Arnold”) seeks benefits under a 21 an employee health and welfare benefits plan (“Plan”) sponsored by the Health Care 22 Employees/Employer Dental & Medical Trust (“Plan Sponsor”). The Plan is fully insured 23 under a contract between the Plan Sponsor and United Healthcare Insurance Company 24 (“United” or “Defendant”), and funded by the payment of premiums. 25 United filed pages 1-569 of the Administrative Record (“AR”) (Docket Nos. 31, 43) 26 which the Court received without objection. (Docket No. 86.) Plaintiff objected to the 27 admission of pages 570-1226 of the AR, filed by Defendant on October 31, 2023. (Docket 1 || reimbursement and coding policies or United’s internal…