News For: Blue Cross Supplement InsuranceCompetition Between Two Pennsylvania Blue Cross Insurers Would Improve Market For Consumers, Report Finds Pennsylvania health care providers and consumers would benefit more if insurers Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield remained competitors rather than collaborators, according to a consultant hired by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department to evaluate the issue, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Illinois health economics firm LECG conducted the study. UAW members ratify contract with Mich. Blue Cross Associated Press - September 16, 2008 7:34 PM ET DETROIT - United Auto Workers members have voted by about a 3-1 margin to approve a new, 3-year contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of... Finance Q&A: Job loss and health insurance Question: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? Answer: Don't confuse "best" with "affordable." One of the first lessons many unemployed people learn is how expensive health insurance really can be. Blue Cross Blue Shield now covers most local physicians People with Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance who were previously limited to going to Great Falls Clinic physicians can now see virtually any physician in Great Falls. Smith resigns from Blue Cross You may have seen her on TV along with a blue man promoting good health. Now, the president and CEO of Capital Blue Cross is calling it quits. 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. Health care debt burdens many BOSTON ��� Nearly one in five 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. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana Encourages Hoosier Healthwise Members to See Physicians for Preventive Care Nearly 1,000 Hoosier Healthwise members throughout the state will receive a personal phone call tomorrow from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield encouraging them to contact their assigned primary medical provider for preventive care. New insurer for Medicaid program Amerigroup Nevada has replaced Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield as a health maintenance organization for the state's Medicaid program, state officials have announced. Read comments Cause of insurance examiner's death can't be determined An autopsy says the body of a state insurance investigator that was found in South Carolina in May was so badly decomposed that medical examiners can't determine how she died. |

