Cox protests Blue Cross Blue Shield rate hikes (Detroit Free Press)
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox filed a petition Thursday to stop proposed individual rate hikes for more than 400,000 individual Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan customers. "Blue Cross should stop putting profits over people and focus on its mission as the insurer of last resort," Cox said in a statement announcing the challenge.

Wyden Open To Public Health Care Option If His Plan Stalls (The Huffington Post)
Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, is a key player in the health care debate, the sponsor of the only bipartisan health care bill in the Senate. Backers of the major Democratic plan, which would allow patients to buy into a public plan, see Wyden's bill, however, as an obstacle preventing centrist Democrats from fully jumping aboard the public-option train.

BCBS Increases Rates For Individuals In Michigan, Pennsylvania (Medical News Today)
The following summarizes news about BlueCross BlueShield Association plans increasing rates in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Michigan: State Attorney General Mike Cox (R) on Thursday filed a petition to stop a proposed rate increase by the not-for-profit Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for more than 400,000 individual policyholders, the Detroit Free Press reports.