State s health plan gets a trim Blue Cross may be dropped from benefit options (The Gainesville Times)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia is appealing a decision by the Department of Community Health to drop Blue Cross from its State Health Benefit Plan. But state officials say that won't affect an upcoming change in the program's insurance options.

Mayor Visits the Blue Cross 8/29/08 CBS 7 Staff August 29, 2008 (CBS 7 West Texas)
Odessa Mayor Larry Melton joined an Odessa man who is spending time on a cross to raise money for the homeless. Mayor Melton read a proclamation to help raise awareness for what pastor Emmitt Beasley is doing.

Red Cross recruiting volunteers for hurricane relief efforts (The Oxford Press)
With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on the Gulf Coast and expected to make landfall Monday afternoon, The Cincinnati Area Chapter of American Red Cross issued a call for volunteers to fill more than 3,500 disaster volunteer positions in the Gulf states.

Blue Cross pays $85M for Florida Health Care Plan (BizJournals)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc. purchased Florida Health Care Plan for $85 million, expanding the state's largest insurer by 58,000 members.