by Sylvia Moore | Aug 27, 2012 | News
Blue Shield, UCLA end long health insurance dispute By Chad Terhune Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2012 Nonprofit insurer Blue Shield of California said it resolved a lengthy contract dispute with UCLA and other UC system hospitals over reimbursements for patient care....
by Sylvia Moore | Aug 30, 2011 | News
My husband and I are self employed honey beekeepers. We fell on hard times with the disappearing bee syndrome and could no longer pay a third of our income on high deductible Blue Shield insurance. We had to drop it. Now we are 60 years old with a few common...
by Sylvia Moore | Jun 10, 2011 | News
Non-profit health insurer Blue Shield is now cutting premiums by 2.5% after the company was compelled under a new state law to report its CEO’s gold-plated annual salary of $4.6 million: The nonprofit insurer, with about 10% of the California market, said the...
by Sylvia Moore | May 27, 2011 | News
While ordinary Californians are tightening their belts amid a bad economy and burdensome health insurance costs, executives for the state’s health insurance companies are drenched in money. Under a new state law, the companies publicly disclosed the salaries of...
by Sylvia Moore | Mar 21, 2011 | News
Following on the heels of health insurer Blue Shield’s announcement that it was canceling a proposed rate hike, Anthem Blue Cross said Monday that it was giving its customers a break. From The Sacramento Bee: Anthem Blue Cross will lower rate increases planned...