Pa. doctors given class-action status (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Thousands of Pennsylvania doctors may be eligible to join a lawsuit over a Blue Cross health plan's reimbursement rates after a federal judge granted the plaintiffs class-action status.

High proposal bucks trends (The Burlington Free Press)
Nationally, the rate of growth in health care premiums has slowed since reaching a peak of 14 percent in 2003 -- which made Blue Cross/ Blue Shield's proposed 36 percent rate increase for the Health Trust of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns all the more shocking.