Blue Cross of California Reaches Out to Members Impacted by Southern California Fires (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
In addition to a $50,000 donation made earlier this week from the Blue Cross of California Foundation to the American Red Cross to aid in the disaster relief in Southern California, Blue Cross announced today several additional actions they are taking to assist members affected by the fires:

Smith: Color them greedy: Condell/Blue Cross (Lake County News Sun)
Dear Scott : We've heard that because of a dispute between Condell Medical Center in Libertyville and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois that we are no longer covered at Condell. As an older couple, we're very much concerned because Condell is the closest hospital to where we live. Can you explain what's going on and what our alternatives are?

Blue Cross now a youth sports sponsor (The Charlotte Observer)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has become the official sponsor of the Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation Department Youth Athletics program, pledging $180,000 over the next three years to the county. The department will use the money, to be paid in annual installments, to pay for improvements to athletic fields and supporting equipment and buildings, said department Director Jim ...