A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Premera Blue Cross and Revises Outlook to Positive (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OLDWICK, N.J.----June 21, 2006--A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of B++ of Premera Blue Cross , LifeWise Health Plan of Oregon and LifeWise Assurance Company. A.M.

Blue Cross plan: Sabbaticals will aid community (Boston Herald)
Mary Nolan will be going to work for Health Care for All in September, but she'll be getting paid by her current employer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts. The senior project manager...