Anthem Blue Cross rate hikes scheduled
Double-digit rate hikes for 120,000 Anthem Blue Cross health insurance policyholders will take effect Sunday despite a state regulator's determination the increase is unreasonable.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies Host Fifth Annual National Walk @ Lunch Day
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies across the country hosted the fifth annual National Walk @ Lunch Day for their employees, local employers and communities. The lunchtime walking program was created by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) to encourage people to take steps toward better health by incorporating physical activity ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota OKs revised incentive pay plan
Perks for performance dropped in audit's wake FARGO - A revised incentive-pay program at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota is designed to meet new performance goals including keeping health coverage affordable. Talk about this topic

California regulator calls Anthem Blue Cross rate hike 'unreasonable'
But the Department of Managed Health Care says it can't stop the state's largest for-profit insurer from raising rates for 120,000 customers an average of 16%. A California regulator for the first time has declared a health insurance rate increase "unreasonable" but acknowledged that it can do nothing to stop the state's largest for-profit insurer from going ahead with it.