The complaint alleged that CVS Health-unit Aetna, Elevance Health and Humana paid the kickbacks to brokers in exchange for enrollments into the insurers’ Medicare Advantage plans.

The Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against three of the largest insurance companies -- Aetna, Elevance Health, and Humana -- accusing them of paying hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks to insurance brokers in return for enrollments in Medicare Advantage plans.