Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox asks for hearing on Blue Cross proposed 32% Medigap rate hike (Crain's Detroit Business)
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox today filed a petition for a rate hearing with the state Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation to oppose Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigans proposed 32 percent premium increase in its...

Class covers Medicare basics (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
A free, two-hour class titled Medicare ABC and D s is scheduled for Friday at 5:30 p.m. at the Corvallis Senior Center, 2601 N.W. Tyler Ave.

Rochester family battles insurers, cancer (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
The Funchesses tried to do everything right after Glenn, husband and father of four, was diagnosed with cancer, but struggles with the insurance system caused them to fall behind and eventually file for bankruptcy. ROCHESTER CITY NEWS

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.