Community Impact

More than 100 million U.S. adults currently live with diabetes or prediabetes and one of the most common complications of diabetes is blindness. Learn how BCBS companies are removing barriers ensuring diabetic patients receive necessary eye exams.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies support the country’s 18.5 million military veterans, active military members and...

Communities across the nation are exploring ways to help residents get the care they need before calling an ambulance. Here’s how one community is addressing social determinants of health to help vulnerable patients get healthier.

Domestic violence is a cyclical behavior affecting women, men and children across the country. To better understand this cycle of violence, Blue Shield of California Foundation commissioned a survey to help uncover the root causes and found an opportunity for greater impact.

Nearly 60 percent of Americans have leftover narcotics in their homes, and 20 percent have shared those with another person. These...

In one trip to the Capital Blue Health and Wellness Center, just across the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg, Penn., a visitor...

During the 4th open enrollment period on the health insurance exchanges, Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies took new,...

Cheryl Robicheau Austin has spent a lifetime fighting for Tremé, the New Orleans neighborhood she’s always called home. She’s...

In Texas, nearly a quarter of children have no health insurance. About as many live in poverty. That means less access to regular...

House of Hope holds educational forums throughout Western New York to offer a support group for family members grieving a loved one lost to overdose.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies remain true to our principles: Health insurance should be available to everyone, regardless...

“Quitting smoking is easy,” Mark Twain once quipped. “I’ve done it a thousand times.” Ask smokers who have tried to quit, and...

Amidst the ongoing debate over healthcare in our nation, there is one subject on which there is nearly unanimous agreement: we...

For decades, the story of African-American health has been defined by inequalities. Segregation, institutional racism and a lack...

It started when Vanessa was 17. She was in a car accident, and a doctor prescribed OxyContin, a powerful opioid painkiller. By the...

For millions of Americans, diabetes is an unexpected and life-altering diagnosis. This is true for Siani, a college student, who...

What is population health? We’re all familiar with our own healthcare needs: We do our best to stay fit and healthy, but...

To improve the health of America, we first need to understand the health of America. There is much truth in the familiar saying...

We know that CPR saves lives. Yet people are often reluctant to give mouth-to-mouth breaths on a stranger. But with Hands-Only CPR...

Decades ago, doctors routinely visited patients at home, snapping open their bags to examine people in the comfort and privacy of...

More Americans died from drug overdoses in 2014 than any year on record — a direct result of the country’s opioid crisis. Six out...

For Chicago high school student Troyanna Anderson, asthma was a constant struggle. "I used to miss a lot of school and I also...

Rosa Romero walks through her East Los Angeles neighborhood, handing out fliers about domestic violence and listening to the...

Women live seven years longer than men, on average, in part because men are less likely to take good care of themselves. They...

The rate of obesity among Americans hit a record in 2015, with nearly one in three adults and one in six children considered obese...

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) system provides health insurance coverage for one in every three Americans. About 150,000 of...

Leading an active lifestyle is essential to maintaining everyday wellness. While staying healthy can seem hard during those...

When it comes to improving the health of local communities, one size fits none. The health challenges faced by people in Baton...

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." – John Muir Humans are...

It’s been an unusually warm winter in many parts of the country, but fewer daylight hours still have a way of making us feel lazy...

For at-risk young adults, having a mentor can be the difference between going on to college and dropping out of high school. A...

Imagine if every day was a battle just to obtain basic needs like food, water and shelter.  With a daily struggle to survive,...

When disaster strikes a community, unaffected members often feel helpless. Many want to offer assistance, but aren’t sure how to...

If you find it difficult to remember the difference between co-pay and co-insurance, or have to double-check the meaning of...

One in three Americans relies on Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies for access to safe, quality, and affordable healthcare,...

When it comes to creating a healthy future for America, the key to success lies within our nation’s youth. In a time when the...

Special forces medical sergeants in the U.S. Army are considered to be the finest first-response/trauma medical technicians in...

It’s not every day that a business conference agenda includes a morning spent washing windows, painting, and sprucing up tired...

Over the next year in 10 cities across America, kids are going to occupy “the streets” through a new Play Streets initiative...