This story has been updated with a statement from SelectQuote. | The filing also names brokers eHealth, GoHealth and SelectQuote as defendants, and claims the insurers paid kickbacks to boost Medicare Advantage enrollment.

The U.S. Department of Justice accused three of the nation's largest health insurers of paying hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks to brokers in exchange for steering patients into the insurers' Medicare Advantage plans.

The Justice Department has sued three of the largest Medicare Advantage insurers and three dominant insurance brokerages, alleging a kickbacks scheme.