Insurers To Receive Benefit Payments Before Players From NFL Concussion Deal

Nearly a fifth of the National Football League settlement approved last week compensating former players with head injuries could go to their health insurers instead. As a result of federal laws and court rulings enabling insurers to recover costs of medical treatment for injuries, Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers will be reimbursed before players receive any money. Their share will reduce the value of a deal already criticized by some ex-players’ lawyers as inadequate.