2000s

2001

Blue System processes the majority of Medicare claims at a total of $163 billion.

2003

Blue Cross and Blue Shield System-wide enrollment reaches all-time high. More than 88 million Americans -- nearly one-in-three -- have BCBS coverage.

2004

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association launches BlueWorldwide Expat^SM, a new worldwide medical coverage program for expatriate workers in U.S.-based companies doing business abroad.

2005

Blue Cross and Blue Shield System-wide enrollment reaches 93 million Americans -- nearly one-in-three -- have BCBS coverage.

2006

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans launch Blue Health Intelligence (BHI), a resource designed to improve healthcare quality through opportunities to share critical health information initially with employers, and in the future, with consumers and providers.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association launches Blue Distinction^sm, a national program created to provide healthcare transparency through enabling consumers to make more informed healthcare decisions and collaborations with providers to improve quality outcomes and affordability.

The BlueCard^® Program processed more than 194 million claim transactions, up from 182 million in 2005.

2007

Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies nationwide launch the first National Walk@Lunch Day, a new, national workplace wellness program that will engage thousands of Americans in lunchtime walks in 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association gains approval of its application for a Federal Savings Bank charter for the Blue Healthcare Bank, allowing the bank to provide healthcare-related banking services in all 50 states. 

2009

Blue Cross and Blue Shield System-wide enrollment reaches more than 100 million Americans.

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