Blue Shield

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  Wal-Mart to back "episode of care" reimbursement pilot

  By Andrew DeMillo  |  January 10, 2013

  The company will pay $670,000 for a tracking system and put its own workers in the program.

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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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  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.

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  Avalere: Benchmark Plan Candidates Cover Many Drugs

  By Allison Bell  |  January 26, 2012

  Analysts did find some variation in the formularies that could shape the essential health benefits standards.

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  The Catch: Oct. 14

  By Allison Bell  |  October 14, 2011

  GOP lawmakers are hoping budget cutters will find a way to kill PPACA dead.