Healthcare Reform

What Does Healthcare Reform Mean to Me?

Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies are committed to working with the Obama administration and all other parties to implement this new law. As we have done throughout our 80-year history, we will continue to work in our local communities in every ZIP code to serve the approximately 100 million Blue Cross and Blue Shield members worldwide. View a Healthcare Reform implementation timeline and read frequently asked questions about healthcare reform here.

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association’s “Count on Us” Advertorial
For the last year, the nation's attention has been fixed on reforming our healthcare system. On behalf of our nearly 100 million members, Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies are committed to working with the Administration and all other parties to implement this new law.
April 1, 2010

Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Costs
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Impact of Changing Age Rating Bands in "America's Healthy Future Act of 2009"
The health care reform legislation under consideration in the Senate Finance Committee (the “America Healthy Future Act of 2009” Chairman’s Mark) includes health insurance reforms that would discontinue rating on health status, eliminate the use of gender and several other rating factors, and set limits on age rating.
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