ANALYSIS: Frustrated small business owners among single-payer's biggest fans

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Small business owners among most enthusiastic about single-payer plan

Excerpts from this story referencing "Blue Cross":

"… ,000 Vermonters will eventually be enrolled in a state-run plan to replace Blue Cross, CIGNA and other private insurers whose business practices have contribute …"

ANALYSIS: Nonprofit insurers accustomed to double-digit rate hikes fight California plan

By Wendell Potter

Analysis: California bill faces tough fight

Excerpts from this story referencing "Blue Cross":

"… r and many of the country’s other nonprofit health plans, especially the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, get to be so profitable?According to Andy Kurz, for …"

"… be so profitable?According to Andy Kurz, former chief financial officer of Blue Cross of Wisconsin who, like me, has become a vocal critic of insurance companie …"

In reversal, insurance plan will cover boy's prosthetic

By Danielle Ivory

Mother: "Amazing how media coverage can change their attitude"

Excerpts from this story referencing "Blue Cross":

"… st recent arm, the French family learned that the claim had been denied by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan. The nonprofit insurer administers the health …"

"… edia coverage can change their attitude.”Helen Stojic, a spokeswoman for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, declined to comment on an individual case. Sh …"

"… sters fund set the insurance plan’s lifetime cap on prosthetic coverage. Blue Cross and Blue Shield “generally does not have separate maximums on prosthetic …"

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ANALYSIS: The staying power of junk health insurance

By Wendell Potter

Mini-med health insurance is nearly worthless for consumers, but insurers love it

Excerpts from this story referencing "Blue Cross":

"… among the attendees and exhibitors, including the very biggest — Aetna, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, CIGNA, Humana and United — as well as dozens of restaur …"