AP Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies Highmark and HealthNow New York announced the finalization of their affiliation on Monday, a collaboration that they say will lead to better services and lower costs for their 6.5 million members. Under the agreement, Pittsburgh-based Highmark, which serves members in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia, will acquire the Blue Cross and Blue Shield license that HealthNow maintains. Operationally, the deal looks like a merger, except that no money will change hands between the two not-for-profits. The combined company will be named Highmark Blue Cro...