11/29/2008 News For: Blue Cross Of California Height Weight Chart Health InsuranceCox keeps up fight vs. Blue Cross Attorney General Mike Cox continues to butt heads with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan over legislation in Lansing that would overhaul the insurance market for individual policy purchasers. State Considers Health Insurance for Students Some state officials are trying to decide whether all college students should be required to have health insurance. About18 percent of Utah residents between 18 and 34 are uninsured, the highest rate in the state, according to a 2008 Utah Healthcare Access Survey. John T. Nielsen, Gov. Jon Huntsman's adviser on health care, said plans for a low-cost health insurance plan for students could be ... 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. Amerks Host Lake Erie Tonight At The Blue Cross Arena Tonight, the Rochester Americans return to The Blue Cross Arena for their only home contest of the weekend as the Lake Erie Monsters make their first of three visits to the Flower City this season. The game will be the first of three for the Amerks this weekend. Solid waste board toils through decisions One of the biggest hurdles facing the Warrick County Solid Waste Management District after it parted ways with the county was to devise new salary and personnel ordinances for those county employees absorbed by the district, including health insurance issues. Blue Cross takes health-improvement mission into community When Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota started an employee council to promote volunteer efforts, the group soon came back with a recommendation: Provide some incentives. Hospital explores insurance alternative Administrators, boardmembers and committees at Sonoma Valley Hospital are exploring the feasibility of establishing an alternative health insurance program through its joint powers authority with three other hospital districts. 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. The settlement would, subject to approval by a federal judge, treat future claims more liberally and make internal reforms to resolve disputes over benefits for eating disorders. And Horizon would ... Up, up and away: Health care premiums rising It's that time of year again. Time to find out how much your health insurance premiums will rise. Not if they're rising, but rather how much more you and your employer will pay next year, because at this point, some increase is almost a given. "If we were back in the Roman days I would have been killed years ago because they always sacrificed the messenger," joked Jim Elrod, president of the ... Four eye-care providers dropping out of Blue Cross network Some Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota members will soon have to pay more out-of-pocket for eye care. |




