Thin Blue Line, which marketed health coverage to pre-Medicare first responders, has left some retirees with hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid medical bills.
Thin Blue Line, which had a marketing agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police, ceased its Ohio operations on Aug. 31.
The company’s CEO claims issues stemmed from a third-party administrator and that they are working to pay outstanding claims.
Similar investigations and complaints against Thin Blue Line have emerged in other states, including Arizona and Texas.
A year ago, retired Euclid police officer Joe Baglione showed up for a doctor’s appointment only to be told that his insurance carrier, Thin Blue Line, hadn’t been paying claims so his coverage would no longer be accepted.
That prompted Baglione to make a series of calls to Thin Blue Line, whose agents told him that everything would be worked out. But again and again, Baglione said, those promises turned out to be


