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Blue Shield Of California Receives Awards For Promoting Healthier Workplace

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:01:39 -0600

– Blue Shield of California announced today that it has earned two prestigious awards for the company’s efforts to promote a healthier workplace. Blue Shield of California has been recognized as a Platinum-Level Start! Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association’s Start! movement for getting employees to eat better and move more. The company has also received the California Fit Business Award (Silver) from the California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness for creating a workplace environment that supports healthy choices.

HCSC Listed As A Top Military Friendly Employer

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:53:11 -0600

Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) has been listed as one of the country’s top “Military Friendly Employers” by G.I. Jobs magazine. The recognition is significant because HCSC is the country’s largest customer-owned health insurer and operates Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. With only two percent of American companies on the list, HCSC’s inclusion is indicative of its commitment to diversity as well as its commitment to the military.

House Bill Fails To Deliver Affordable Healthcare Reform

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:35:18 -0600

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) issued the following statement regarding today’s House vote on H.R. 3962, the “Affordable Health Care for America Act”: We are disappointed that after months of rigorous debate and despite several analyses illustrating the very real unintended consequences of certain reform provisions, the House has passed legislation that undermines the goals of comprehensive healthcare reform. Instead of using this once-in-a-generation opportunity to expand coverage, rein in costs, and improve healthcare quality, the bill creates a new government-run plan that jeopardizes affordability and access to coverage for the 160 million people who receive their benefits through their employers today; makes health coverage much more expensive, particularly for individuals and small employers; and represents a massive federal takeover of state regulatory functions.

Highmark To Open Two Worksite Health Centers At Company Facilities

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:21 -0600

In an effort to reduce the company's health care costs and to get employees more engaged in their own health care decisions, Highmark Inc. is opening two worksite health centers. The first center opens in its Camp Hill facility today and the second will open at the company headquarters in Pittsburgh on Nov. 20. The health centers will offer Highmark employees a variety of services including primary care, vaccinations, physical therapy, and a pharmacy.

Obesity linked to specific cancers

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

For breast and endometrial cancer, it seems to be an estrogen problem, he says. Women who are overweight after menopause have more estrogen circulating in their blood, which increases cancer risk.