Comments on: Blue Cross takes state to the cleaners in contract

By: The Progressive Pulse – SEANC to Blue Cross: Stop fighting health reform!

The Progressive Pulse – SEANC to Blue Cross: Stop fighting health reform! — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:43:21 +0000

[...] that they are now paying much more for health care benefits because Blue Cross was able to get a sweetheart deal on administering the State Health [...]

By: Risk Managers » Blog Archive » The Truth (as we see it) About the Blues PPO Discounts

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:57:02 +0000

[...] Editor’s Note: Author of this piece is Jeff Seiler, an Illinois insurance consultant. His web site is http://www.ssbenefits.net. It pays to read contracts, if you can get them for review. This is especially true if you are a third party beneficiary but not a party to the contract. A journalist in North Carolina has done a little work in that area – http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/18/blue-cross-takes-state-to-the-cleaners-in-contract/ [...]

By: The Progressive Pulse – BCBSNC CEO Bob Greczyn is one of the highest paid insurance executives in the nation

Tue, 19 May 2009 20:05:45 +0000

[...] Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina was busy bamboozling the State Health Plan, cutting radio ads to attack state employees, and plotting commercials to [...]

By: The Progressive Pulse – No attorney read the no-bid $100 million State Health Plan contract with Blue Cross before signing

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:02:29 +0000

[...] we noted when the Blue Cross contract with the State Health Plan was first released, the terms are terrible [...]

By: Alice Battle

Alice Battle — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:36:12 +0000

Sounds like very lax oversight by the State that is going to cost state employees in benefits. No wonder health insurance is so costly. The patient gets the blame.

Thank you for your report.

By: Marsha V. Hammond, PhD

Marsha V. Hammond, PhD — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:41:21 +0000

Oh please: here’s overhead:
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
$16 Million paid to BCBSNC Board Members: the Ponzi scheme that the insured have paid into

Look at this pdf: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/docs/pdfs/2008SupplementalCompensationExhibit.PDF

You will see that the 13 members of the BCBSNC board 2008 reimbursement is approximatly $16 million.
Marsha V. Hammond, PhD:
http://madamedefarge2scutinizingbcbsnc.blogspot.com/
NC mental health reform: http://madame-defarge.blogspot.com/

By: AdamL

AdamL — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:29:25 +0000

Thank you for the kind words. Let’s hope that legislators realize that we all owe state employees a debt of gratitude.

By: Tom Bomadil

Tom Bomadil — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:21:44 +0000

Mr. Searing & Mr. Linker,

Thanks for your ongoing work in the health care arena. Thanks in particular to Mr. Linker for the investigation into the SHP-BCBS contract.

State employees and the public in general owe you a debt of gratitude.