Thank you for carrying the story, “Shadow group in Charlotte fights bill/Health overhaul is targeted by North Carolina law firm,” (AC-T, Nov. 16). According to the article, NC Blue Cross Blue Shield is not involved with the group. …
Read Original Story: Also put off by the BCBS anti-reform mailer – Asheville Citizen-Times
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 — 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
So Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota has sent a letter to subscribers warning them that the health care reform bill in Congress could cause a premium increase – interesting! So Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota has sent a letter to …
Read Original Story: Drug industry comes out ahead – In-Forum
A North Carolinahealth insurer is facing a major backlash in the wake of its campaign to enlist customers in the fight against health-care reform. The state’s Insurance Commissioner has begun an inquiry into a mailer sent recently by Blue Cross Blue …
Read Original Story: Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC – TPMMuckraker (blog)
In the process of reviewing bids for new health-insurance coverage for county employees, the Phelps County Commission found itself in a quandary — another plan, available but not formally submitted in a bid — could save the county …
Read Original Story: Glitch in county health-care bids – The Rolla Daily News
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
When people talk about revamping the health care system, among the often-mentioned reasons for change are unfair denials of care by insurance companies and medical debt, both of which are in the news today. Forbes reports on a "recent federal lawsuit …
Read Original Story: Insurers Under Fire for Denials of Care, Inadequate Coverage – MedIndia
RALEIGH, NC — Twenty North Carolina lawmakers 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
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)
