President Bush would like to allow Blue Cross to add a Health Savings Account option to its list of offerings to government employees. Currently, Blue Cross is limited to offering two health insurance options to government workers, a fee-for-service plan and a traditional network plan. Congress would have to approve the change before Blue Cross could begin offering an HSA plan. Resources at MostChoiceRecent Health Insurance Resources at MostChoice:
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10/23/2008 News For: News 484 Bush Wants Blue Cross Offer Hsa Plans Government Employees Washington PostHealth Care Service Corporation to Acquire TMG Health in Support of Government Business Growth Strategy Health Care Service Corporation , which operates the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, has entered into an agreement to acquire TMG Health, the nation's leading provider of business process outsourcing for Medicare, Medicaid and group retiree health plans. VMware Platform Helps Independence Blue Cross Improve Performance and System Reliability PALO ALTO, Calif.----VMware, Inc. , the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced that Independence Blue Cross , the largest health insurer in Philadelphia, is using VMware?s industry-leading datacenter virtualization and management suite, VMware Infrastructure 3, to improve the efficiency of its business operations. Oct. 22: Local News Briefs National Active and Retired Federal Employees Chapter 36 will meet at noon Thursday at Perkins Restaurant, 5033 S. Scatterfield Road, Anderson. The speaker will be Shanmarie Unverzagt of Anthem Blue Cross. U.S. employers offer and value wellness programs WASHINGTON Reuters - More than half of large U.S. employers offer wellness programs like gym memberships and weight loss assistance to their workers, and say these help reduce medical costs, according to a survey released on Tuesday. Health care plans: Obama vs. McCain Republican presidential nominee John McCain and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama have dramatically divergent visions of how to reshape the health insurance system. |

