Recovery of Benefits Paid in Error
If the Trust mistakenly pays benefits to which you are not entitled or pays a person who is not eligible for payment, the plan has the right to recover that payment from the person paid or from anyone who has benefited from the payment. The plan may recover the improperly paid benefits from any individual who has provided misinformation to the Trust or from you if you have failed to notify the Trust of your dependent's loss of eligibility and these actions have resulted in the payment of improper benefits. The plan may recover improperly paid benefits by deducting future benefits payable to the employee through whom the recipient of the improper benefits has eligibility or any dependents of the employee. The Trust's right to deduct future benefits will apply to any failure to reimburse the plan from any settlement or recovery when benefits have been advanced pursuant to the plan's third-party liability provisions.
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