FTC secures $145M settlement from companies that allegedly deceived health insurance shoppers with robocalls

FIRST ON FOX: The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday it had reached massive settlement agreements in a pair of lawsuits alleging two companies, Prudential and MediaAlpha, misled consumers about healthcare services and bombarded them with robocalls.The combined settlements amount to $145 million and are part of a broader effort to tackle what Christopher Mufarrige, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, says are lead-generating practices by companies that violate the FTC Act and telemarketing rules. "Coherently and systematically addressing unlawful lead generation is a priorit