Much like Goldilocks, when it comes to assessing its hundreds of millions of dollars in reserve funds, regional insurer CareFirst feels it is not too big, nor too small, but just right.

Connecticut’s attorney general is investigating a data breach affecting providers for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and a subsequent delay in reporting the matter he deemed “alarming and potentially illegal.”

While President Barack Obama praised a $1.2 trillion comprehensive health reform bill passed by the House as “courageous” and “historic,” Republican congressmen and members of the insurance industry are faulting the bill for its numerous shortcomings, especially the public option.

While its 39 companies strongly support comprehensive health care reform, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association says it is “disappointed” that many of the provisions in the House’s bill …  Read →

New Jersey will be one of two states to test a new website giving doctors a single location to find patients’ benefit information.

The nation’s two largest groups representing health insurance companies say that while they support some measures in Sen. Max Baucus’ health reform plan, new taxes he proposes levying against insurers will hinder the goal of making care more affordable.