Contract talks ailing for Pacific Blue Cross, CUPE serves strike notice in B.C. (CNews)
VANCOUVER (CP) - The union representing workers employed by Pacific Blue Cross is getting ready to pull the plug on the health-benefits provider.

Genomic Health Announces Oncotype DX(R) Breast Cancer Assay Meets Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Technology ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Genomic Health, Inc. today announced that during the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Medical Advisory Panel meeting on June 28, 2007, the panel concluded that use of Genomic Health's Oncotype DX breast cancer assay to inform decision making about adjuvant chemotherapy meets the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Technology Evaluation Center criteria for women with estrogen ...

Blue Cross practices probed by regulators (The Sacramento Bee)
Fueled by hundreds of complaints by doctors and consumers, state regulators are taking a hard look at Blue Cross of California's business practices after its $16.5 billion acquisition by a giant Midwest health insurer three years ago.