Hunter

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 THERESA HUNTER, Case No. 19-cv-01053-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO

v. COMPEL ARBITRATION

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, Re: Dkt. Nos. 27, 28 INC., et al., 9 Defendants.

10 Plaintiff Theresa Hunter brings this class case against defendants Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (“Kaiser”) and its debt collector USCB, Inc. (“USCB”) under California and federal law based on defendants’ debt collection and credit reporting practices. Complaint, Dkt. No. 1. Hunter alleges that defendants regularly seek to unlawfully collect alleged balances from Medi- Cal beneficiaries for Medi-Cal covered services and furnish information about those alleged debts to consumer credit reporting agencies. The question here on defendants’ motions to compel arbitration is whether the arbitration provisions in Hunter’s contracts with Kaiser (that are identical in all respects) are valid. Federal law preempts California Health and Safety Code section 1363.1,…