Glitch mixes up Ga. Blue Cross mailings (Moldova.org)
A major Georgia health insurance provider is warning policyholders about the risk of identity theft posed by benefits letters being sent to wrong addresses.Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia said about 202,000 routine explanation-of-benefits, or EOB, letters were sent to incorrect addresses last week and contain personal information that could, as a result, fall into the wrong hands.As soon ...

N.Y. Blue Cross, Blue Shield offer equal benefits (Planet Out via Yahoo! News)
SUMMARY: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Western New York, under legal pressure from two New Yorkers wed in Canada, will begin covering married gay couples.

Blue Cross extends same-sex benefits (Moldova.org)
A New York health insurer says it will institute coverage of same-sex couples married in Canada as a result of a civil rights lawsuit. The New York Civil Liberties Union announced Monday that Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Western New York, based in Buffalo, will begin extending spousal benefits to legally married same-sex couples, Canwest News Service reported.The decision comes after the group ...