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Article September 29, 2023

A call for fair hospital billing

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Article September 27, 2023

Lowering Health Care Costs with Site-Neutral Payments

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Article July 7, 2023

BCBSA's Ongoing Commitment to Equity and Affordability

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Article May 4, 2023

What the end of the public health emergency means for your health care coverage

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Article April 14, 2023

Are you losing Medicaid? Tips to stay covered

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Article March 16, 2023

New research: Insurers protecting Americans from rising drug costs

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Article January 24, 2023

Affordability solutions for the Health of America

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Article January 24, 2023

7 solutions for prescription drug costs

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Article January 24, 2023

Savings estimates for options to reduce spending on health care and private insurance premiums

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Infographic January 6, 2023

Pre-Deductible Coverage in the Individual Market: Better Access, More Affordable Care

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Article January 6, 2023

Transformative health care company aims to lower costs while improving medication access for Americans

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Article August 25, 2022

Tax credit extension protects affordable coverage for millions of Americans

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Article July 28, 2022

Lowering costs for patients with team approach to quality care

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Article July 5, 2022

Consumers save money with cost transparency tools

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Article June 10, 2022

The benefit of advanced premium tax credits

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Article February 20, 2020

How tackling fraud keeps health care more affordable

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Article December 19, 2019

Video: Tackling the most complex patient cases to improve lives and make healthcare more affordable

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Article October 8, 2019

Personalized care keeps costs down for multiple sclerosis patients

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Article September 30, 2019

Improving affordability with patient-centered medical homes

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Article September 30, 2019

Massachusetts experiment to decrease health care spending is working

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Article May 31, 2019

Price transparency critical to addressing prescription drug costs

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Article October 10, 2019

Blue Shield of California patients and their doctors can now compare drug prices right in the exam room

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Article May 17, 2019

Would a check in the mail encourage you to choose a lower cost MRI? This study says it might.

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Article May 16, 2019

The pharmacist will see you now

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Article May 7, 2019

How a small community hospital can keep a whole community healthy

Article February 28, 2019

When it comes to prescription cost and quality, putting consumers in the driver’s seat

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Article January 23, 2019

Three trends making knee and hip replacements more affordable and higher quality

Article January 22, 2019

The next level of value-based care

Article October 16, 2018

Blue Cross of Idaho shows a neurosurgeon how to lower costs without hurting quality

Health of America Podcast Series

Podcast September 26, 2018

Member voices: It took a team to bring health care home

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Article August 24, 2018

To manage healthcare costs, an employer dives into employee wellness

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Article May 19, 2017

Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies remain true to our principles

Article January 23, 2019

Blue Distinction®: Finding a Center of Excellence for knee and hip replacements

Three things to know to become a pharmacy pro

Article January 1, 2022

Three things to know to become a pharmacy pro