11/30/2008 News For: Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Kentucky Health InsuranceAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine Associates Pledge More Than $277,500 to Community Organizations Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine announced today that its associates have pledged more than $185,000 to support 212 not-for-profit organizations as part of the company's annual Associate Giving Campaign. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Anthem Life in Connecticut Partner with the Chamber Insurance Trust to Offer ... 40,000 local businesses and 79 working Chambers of Commerce throughout Connecticut will soon be able to offer their employees and members an extensive portfolio of life and disability products, thanks to a new program developed by Anthem Life Insurance Company and its affiliate Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut. Blue Cross/Blue Shield Fee Changes Outrages Some Federal Workers Blue Cross/Blue Shield is making some federal employees and their doctors sick. Horizon Blue Cross Tentatively Settles Suit Over Coverage of Eating Disorders Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey made a preliminary agreement Monday to pay up to $3.6 million to end a class action suit alleging it wrongfully denied claims by eating-disorder patients. Blue Cross makes temporary deal with RI hospitals Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has reached a temporary deal with a state hospital chain while negotiations continue over reimbursement rates. Priority Health Joins Protest Against Lame-Duck Legislative Action on Individual Market Reform GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.----Priority Health is among a diverse group of organizations and elected officials opposing passage of bills in a lame-duck session of the Legislature that would make it harder for people in Michigan to afford health insurance while benefitting Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan . State considers health insurance for students Some state officials are trying to decide whether all college students should be required to have health insurance. 2 Insurance Companies Fined By State Consumer complaints have led to two insurance companies to pay fines to the state. Conseco Health Insurance Co. has paid a $25,000 fine and Washington National Insurance Co. a $5,000 fine. Battle over Blue Cross reform continues in lame-duck session Attorney General Mike Cox has been making the media rounds in his continuing battle against individual market health care reform bills that would benefit Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan but, he argues, would be bad for consumers. Blue Cross tax break hits snag By ANTHONY SPANGLER FORT WORTH ? A request by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas for $4.7 million in tax breaks to build a data center in the Alliance business corridor was derailed Tuesday when Tarrant County officials discovered that the health insurance provider owes the county hospital $5.2 million in unpaid charges. Tarrant County Administrator G.K. Maenius said the issue of unpaid bills to ... |

