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Rep. Sue Scherer reintroduces health insurance reform bill

Blue Cross has now received nearly $1.2 million in fines from violations of the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act.

The Administration of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has fined Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), the parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, $231,900 for failing to properly update

CHICAGO (WMBD) — The Illinois Department of Insurance announced that it has fined the parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois on Friday. According to the department, Health Care Service Corporation was fined $231,900 for allegedly violating the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. The Act requires health insurers to post accurate, up-to-date and […]

After the COVID-19 pandemic delayed hiring plans, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois says it’s now looking for bilingual customer service and information technology representatives.

For more than two decades, Chicago’s Blue Cross Blue Shield building has been using the lights in its building to spell out messages on what it calls the...

Many mental health professionals no longer take health insurance because they’re frustrated with insurance companies not paying enough

In retrospect, Peggy Dula said, she shouldnt have taken the ambulance. She was the least injured of the three siblings who were in a car when it was struck by a pickup truck last September. Her daughter had even offered to come to the crash site and pick her up.

After a car wreck, three siblings were transported to the same hospital by ambulances from three separate districts. The sibling with the most minor injuries got the biggest bill.