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• Lint In My Pockets

  
  Disabilities Unlimited — Authority: 113
  So, you go to your doctor’s office and you pay something to the doctor out of your pocket. This is how the term Out-Of-Pocket came to be. Under some plans the deductible can be applied toward your out-of-pocket and some plans  it does not get counted toward it. This would be something you’d want to look into. ...
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• CT AG to investigate Anthem Blue Cross breach

  
  Personal Health Information Privacy — Authority: 132
  The state attorney general is demanding Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Connecticut provide more answers and identity-theft protection for nearly 19,000 health professionals whose confidential data was on a stolen laptop computer.Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, at a press conference today, said Anthem and one of ...
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• Medicare Supplement Plans in Michigan

  
  Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 423
  Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan ( BCBSM ) doesn’t advertise their Medicare Supplement plans because they are such money losers for the company.  BCBSM has a dominant market position with nearly 60% market share, and the second largest Medicare Supplement membership rests with United Healthcare who maintains just ...
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• Former Worker’s Confession: “I Was Hired to Stand in the Way of Health Care Reform”

  
  EscapeTheIllusion.com — Authority: 126
  Hi, I’m Andy Cobb and I did all the damage I could being a spokesjerk for Blue Cross Blue Shield. Meet Andy Cobb, a former professional deceiver for Blue Cross Blue Shield. He’s done all the damage he could being a pretty face for Blue Cross Blue Shield’s health insurance, so now he’s branching out toward ...
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• Initial Costs, Applied To Deductible

  
  Disabilities Unlimited — Authority: 113
  Deductible – This is the amount some plans ask you to pay first before the plan makes any payments. This could be a low dollar amount or it could be high. The deductible is an annual event. Either starting over at the beginning of the calendar year or the beginning of the policy year. While a high deductible sounds ...
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• Making The Premium Choice

  
  Disabilities Unlimited — Authority: 113
  Today I’m starting a new series about Healthcare. It’s a hot topic! But my purpose, because many people with disabilities need it AND because many don’t understand it, I wanted to give a primer of terms. Currently having a job in the health care industry I see and hear confused people. While this blog is my own ...
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• And Now, A Word From A Spokesjerk

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 812
  
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• HB1355 Now In Effect For All Small Groups In Colorado

  
  Colorado Health Insurance Insider — Authority: 461
  When Colorado HB1355 became law, we noted that for our own small group clients, it would almost universally increase premiums .  The new law eliminated the practice of setting small group premiums based on the overall health of a group (previously, groups could get a discount up to 25%, or a rate increase of up to ...
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• Blue Cross: Sells Many Health Insurance Plans, Only Offers Employees HSAs

  
  VitalOne Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 135
  Blue Cross Blue Shield is one of the most famous health insurance plan providers. They offer a variety of options to consumers, and part of their opposition to healthcare reform is based on its potential to limit their ability to sell certain types of plans. So why are they only allowing their Florida employees to ...
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• History holds lessons for public health insurance option

  
  The Platform — Authority: 575
  Protesters demand health reform at a rally outside Blue Cross headquarters in Los Angles last month. Nothing about health care reform has inspired more overheated rhetoric than the so-called public option. Opponents say it would unleash a government juggernaut against which no…
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• Ladybug

  
  The days are JUST packed — Authority: 122
  And now back to our regularly scheduled Halloween costume posts . . . if I have to write or think any more about the BlueCross BlueShield insurance fight , Ill start crying again. Thank you to everyone for your comments and e-mails of support. They have helped. Heres a cute baby to make everyone feel better. ...
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• Physicians pile on Blue Cross

  
  theCLog — Authority: 489
  Lately, it’s almost as if Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has been going out of its way to aggravate people. First, the health care insurance behemoth sent out notices to its customers giving them the news of across-the-board premium and co-pay increases — and they decided to do that during the same week ...
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• Capital Health Plan Rated Top Medicare Plan In Florida

  
  Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 423
  According to US News and World Report, Capital Health Plan, an affiliate of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, is the top rated Medicare Health Plan in Florida. Founded in 1982, Capital Health Plan serves the four county are surrounding Tallahassee.  They currently provide coverage to more than 110,000 members. ...
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• Health Insurance Companies Price Gouging the US Economy

  
  Wall St. Cheat Sheet — Authority: 632
  Yesterday I received what was either a Halloween trick or extortion: a letter from Blue Cross Blue Shield notifying me of a 24% rate increase starting January 2010. Quite simply, this is price gouging per se. Since this is a financial media site, I thought it would be educational to demonstrate how such ...
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• At war with BCBS

  
  The days are JUST packed — Authority: 122
  I know I said that Id have a post about the cutest lady bug ever today, but Im going to have to delay that until tomorrow. A few weeks ago I wrote about my ongoing fight with BlueCross BlueShield of Texas to get Elizabeths delivery covered. Yesterday I went another round with the insurance company. I received a ...
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• House Health Reform Bill Debate Begins, and Other Health Care News

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 658
        The U.S. House’s historic health care reform legislation —which would dramatically improve health coverage in this country while cutting the U.S. budget deficit in the long term—is headed to the House floor today for debate. The vote on H.R. 3962 will happen later this week or early next ...
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• Carolina Health

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 560
  At Carolina Health, we are dedicated to providing you with only the best health insurance coverage, courtesy of Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC. We know how important it is to have health insurance, which is why BCBSNC is committed to helping you find the right kind of NC Health Insurance that fits your budget.In [...]
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• Health Care

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  Just wondering why there hasnt been a bigger outcry against the Health Care Bill(s). We will all be on Medicaid/Medicare. Two programs that have been ripped off consistently over the years. Two programs that are administered by Blue Cross Blue Shield, a company that also insures a great many people in this country. ...
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• Us vs. Blue Cross in tug owar over Kay Hagan, whos cut volunteer legs out from under us

  
  BlueNC - The people's think tank — Authority: 526
  Crossposted at DailyKos.com Just as did millions of other North Carolinians, last week I received the four-color, glossy mailing from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina that featured a preprinted postcard addressed to Sen. Kay Hagan letting her know how much we Blue Cross Blue Shield subscribers hate the ...
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• Health Insurer Lobbying Mailer Came After It Raised Rates

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 780
  Earlier this week, we reported that Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina had recently sent out mailers that urged recipients to lobby Sen. Kay Hagan to oppose a public option, which it called "a slippery slope to single payer." (You can see the mailer here .) The story was picked up by the Raleigh News ...
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