Blue Cross

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  CDI wants Anthem barred from small biz exchange

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  June 17, 2013

  California's insurance commissioner believes the insurer has engaged in a pattern of unjustifiable rate increases.

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  Panel cuts poison pill from Mich. Blue package

  By David Eggert  |  February 22, 2013

  The deleted provision could have prohibited insurers' base plans from covering elective abortions.

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  Idaho woman files federal Blue Cross antitrust suit

  By Rebecca Boone  |  January 3, 2013

  Melissa Allen objects to the Blues' exclusive territory system.

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  Blue Cross asks regulators to approve merger

  By The Associated Press  |  November 19, 2012

  The parent of Illinois Blue would add about 272,000 enrollees.

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  Louisiana vote shelved on Jindal health outsourcing plan

  By Melinda Deslatte  |  November 1, 2012

  The decision sidetracked House opponents' vote on rejecting the proposal outright.

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  Kaiser chairman, CEO announces 2013 retirement

  By Noah Guillaume  |  October 10, 2012

  George Halvorson announced he will retire as chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente in December 2013.

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  Aon Hewitt health exchange attracts big employers

  By Allison Bell  |  September 27, 2012

  A giant retailer and a giant restaurant chain will send workers to a private exchange program.

• Regardless of High Court, no return to old days for parts of health system (NPR)

  By Staff Writer  |  June 21, 2012

  The Affordable Care Act might be at risk of going away, but some of its changes to the health care industry aren’t.

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  Audit: Nebraska Employees Running Up Rolls Royce Health Bills

  By Grant Schulte, Associated Press  |  May 15, 2012

  The plan, which covers 29,000 state employees and dependents, costs $27,000 per worker.

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  On the Third Hand: The PPACA CO-OP Program

  By Allison Bell  |  April 17, 2012

  Because of the partisanship and the court battles, we're looking at the wrong toenail of the PPACA elephant.