4,000 Blue Cross bonuses (Detroit Free Press)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan gave bonuses in May to 4,000 nonunion workers, including its top executives, just months after announcing mounting multimillion-dollar losses and plans to eliminate 1,000 jobs.

Agency to join Cox in look at Blue Cross rate request (Detroit Free Press)
Michigan's insurance regulation agency will join Attorney General Mike Cox in a public hearing that will examine the reasonableness of a rate hike sought by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan affecting 400,000 Michiganders who buy their own health insurance.

Former Blue Cross Executive Charged For Child Porn (KQCD-TV Dickinson)
A former Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota assistant vice president has been indicted on federal child pornography charges. 42-year-old Robert Scheiring had been charged earlier with having pornographic images of young girls.