News For: Blue Cross Supplemental IlContract 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. UAW approved Blue Cross pact DETROIT - United Auto Workers union members, including a local in Lansing, have ratified a new contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Competition 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. TV, Radio Red Sox at Blue Jays, 7 p.m. Twins at Rays, 7 p.m. Holy Cross at Harvard, 7 p.m. Baylor at UConn, 8 p.m. Athol at Oxford, 7 p.m. |

