10/13/2008 News For: Blue Cross Health Insurance CostsNew health insurance option offered for small businesses Typically only larger businesses risk paying employee medical bills with their own money rather than buying health insurance. BlueCare(R) Family Plan, the Medicaid (HUSKY) Health Plan Administered by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield ... BlueCare? Family Plan, the Medicaid health plan administered by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Administrator, LLC in Connecticut, today announced the completion of its summertime public awareness campaign and dental drive for Connecticut Food Bank with a total contribution of more than $41,000 in funds and dental hygiene supplies. Providence switches health plan to United PROVIDENCE ? Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, long the state?s dominant health insurer, lost one of its biggest and oldest clients yesterday, as Providence decided to jump to rival United HealthCare of New England. Blue Cross accused of contacting ex-customers Associated Press - October 10, 2008 8:14 PM ET LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city attorney has accused Anthem Blue Cross of California of illegally contacting former customers involved in... Providence looks to switch to UnitedHealth PROVIDENCE MAYOR DAVID N. CICILLINE'S administration is expected to recommend that the city switch its health insurance contract to UnitedHealthcare from Blue Cross & Blue Shield. More join state plan on health Nine communities and other municipal groups, including some in this area, have decided to join the state group health insurance plan this month, bringing to 23 the number that have taken the option in the two years since it was permitted. N.M. rated worst in U.S. for worker insurance ALBUQUERQUE ? New Mexico ranked worst in the country for the percentage of residents who are covered by health insurance through their employers, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute. N.M. Employer Health Coverage Ranked Worst An Economic Policy Institute report ranks New Mexico worst in the country for the percentage of residents who are covered by health insurance through their employers. Health insurance coverage dwindling The Carolinas are losing employer-based health insurance at a faster rate than nearly any other state in the country, according to a study released Thursday. Nationally, the health insurance that covers most Americans has declined for seven years in a row, according to the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit that studies issues affecting working families. About ... Workers bear bigger burden of rising costs For the past eight years, Shaun Spotwood didn't have to worry about health insurance. His employer, Sierra Valley Moving and Storage, provided the benefit free of charge. Vito Iulio, foreground, and Philip Hemm move a headboard up the stairs of a home in Arden Park. For the first time, their employer, Sierra Valley Moving and Storage, may ask its 18 workers to pay for part of their health ... |




