A couple weeks ago, I wrote about Rep. Pricey Harrison asking NC Attorney General Roy Cooper to investigate Blue Cross Blue Shield for its political-style activities. Now 20 lawmakers are asking the AG if the insurer stepped over the line in advocating …
Read Original Story: 20 Lawmakers now want BCBS investigation – Greensboro News & Record
PROVIDNECE – Citing rising health care costs, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has asked RI Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller to approve a 10.2 percent hike in premiums for its direct-pay plans, …
Read Original Story: BCBSRI wants 10% direct-pay rate hike – Providence Business News
RALEIGH, NC — Twenty North Carolinalawmakers are questioning political advocacy by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. The legislators on Tuesday asked Attorney General Roy Cooper and Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin to examine automated …
Read Original Story: Lawmakers question Blue Cross calls, mailers – WRAL.com
Most of my neighbors in Garner received a bulk mailing this week from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, requesting that we contact Democratic senator Kay Hagan and ask that she not support current health care legislation. …
Read Original Story: Your letters: An open letter to Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC – Garner Citizen
We’ve been telling you about the campaign by Blue Cross Blue Shield to enlist its customers to lobby against health-care reform — an effort now being probed by state authorities. But a very similar effort by another Blue Cross licensee seems to have …
Read Original Story: Another BCBS Insurer Getting Customers To Fight Health-Care Reform – TPMMuckraker (blog)
By Raw Story Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is under investigation for possible violations of the law in a letter and robo-call campaign it launched to oppose health care reform. As Raw Story reported last month, the insurer — the largest in …
Read Original Story: Blue Cross in hot water over North Carolina letter campaign – Raw Story
You remember earlier this month when Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC (BCBSNC) sent out a ton of postage-paid cards urging people to send them to Sen. Kay Hagan and urge her to oppose health care reform? And no one can forget all those cheery, …
Read Original Story: NC investigating Blue Cross' robo-calls – Creative Loafing
RALEIGH, NC — State lawmakers and attorneys are scrutinizing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for its attempt to influence the national health care debate through direct mail and possibly illegal automated phone calls. …
Read Original Story: Blue Cross calls, mailers get NC lawmakers' notice – The Associated Press
DURHAM — A trio of local legislators have joined 17 of their colleagues in asking the state’s attorney general and insurance commissioner to investigate Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s lobbying against federal health…
Read Original Story: Legislators seek Blue Cross inquiry – Durham Herald Sun
A group of 20 lawmakers today released a letter to the Attorney General and the Insurance Commissioner calling for an investigation into the anti-health reform campaign of Blue Cross. While sending out misleading fliers and making inflammatory …
Read Original Story: Legislators call for investigation of Blue Cross – The Progressive Pulse (blog)
