News For: Blue Cross Special CareBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas adds long-term care Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas is expanding its portfolio of insurance offerings to include LTC Blue, a long-term care product designed to help individuals protect their assets and secure their independence. Blue Cross Makes Unique Rate Guarantee to Minnesota Businesses Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota today announced SureBlue, a new health care plan that takes the uncertainty out of health care expenses for businesses while providing their employees with a full suite of health and wellness support tools. Health care charges cloaked in confusion It began with a dizzy spell. Before long, though, what really had my head spinning was the inscrutable way that health-care providers and insurers put a dollar value on medical services -- and how that leaves patients unable to determine a fair price for any treatment. Contract dispute could affect Premera Blue Cross subscribers If a contract standoff isn't resolved, 16,000 people in Thurston County won't be able to use their Premera Blue Cross insurance at Providence St. Peter Hospital after Jan. 31. Resources for hurricane victims Residents of southeast Texas may be in need of emergency shelter, food, water and medical care. They may also need assistance repairing damaged homes and other property. The following resources are available to help hurricane victims. Most Americans Want to Change Health Care Angus Reid Global Monitor - Adults in the United States believe their medical services are due for a transformation, according to a poll by CBS News and the New York Times. 50 per cent of respondents think the health care system requires fundamental changes, and 35 per cent want to completely rebuild it. Premera Blue Cross Expands Provider Network; Welcomes Back Puget Sound Family Physicians MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash.----Premera Blue Cross and Puget Sound Family Physicians announced today that they had reached agreement on a new three-year contract that will bring the practice and more than 40 physicians back into the Blue Cross Network effective September 15, 2008. UAW members ratify contract with Mich. Blue Cross DETROIT ��� United Auto Workers members have voted by about a 3-1 margin to approve a new, three-year contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. 1 in 5 Mass. residents has medical debt BOSTON ��� Nearly 1 in 5 Massachusetts residents is struggling to pay off debt from medical bills, according to a study funded by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation. New insurer for Medicaid program Thu, Sep 18, 2008 12:03 p.m. Amerigroup Nevada has replaced Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield as a health maintenance organization for the state's Medicaid program, state officials have announced. |

