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  Boston victims face huge bills

  By Lindsey Tanner  |  April 26, 2013

  Cost of amputating a leg? At least $20,000. Cost of an artificial leg? More than $50,000 for the most high-tech models. Cost of an amputee's rehab? Often tens of thousands of dollars more. These are just a fraction of the medical expenses victims of the Boston Marathon bombing will face.

• Blue Cross changes approved without abortion provision

  By David Eggert  |  February 22, 2013

  A House panel on Thursday overwhelmingly approved legislation to overhaul Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, leaving out anti-abortion provisions that torpedoed an earlier effort to change the status of the state's largest health insurer.

• Idaho woman sues Blue Cross of Idaho

  By Rebecca Boone  |  January 2, 2013

  An Idaho woman has filed a federal anti-trust lawsuit against Blue Cross of Idaho, and the case is being consolidated with several others nationwide in the Northern District of Alabama.

• US seeks to close Blue Cross antitrust case

  By Matt Volz  |  March 6, 2012

  Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to approve an antitrust settlement involving two Montana health insurers now that one of the companies has been broken up as part of the deal.

• "Fear shouldn't stop Medicaid change"

  By John Hanna  |  February 8, 2012

  Kansas shouldn't let fear of change prevent it from overhauling Medicaid, an influential legislator said Tuesday, as Gov. Sam Brownback's administration stuck with plans to let private companies manage the $2.9 billion program starting next year

• Blue Cross won't bid on Medicaid, stirring fears

  By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press  |  February 3, 2012

  Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's efforts to overhaul Medicaid hit a rough spot Thursday after the state's largest health insurance company decided not to bid on a contract to help manage the program, leaving some lawmakers and advocates increasingly uneasy.

• Kan. gov. has no plans to slow Medicaid overhaul

  By John Hanna  |  January 26, 2012

  Republican Gov. Sam Brownback won't delay an overhaul of Medicaid in Kansas, officials said Thursday, despite bipartisan concern among legislators that his administration is moving too quickly to turn the entire program over to private health insurance companies.

• Blue Cross misses deadline on Montana contract

  December 9, 2011

  The state's largest private health insurer missed a deadline to bid on an estimated $13.5 million, three-year contract to manage the state of Montana's employee health plan.

• Insurer Highmark selling Medicare services

  December 9, 2011

  Health insurer Highmark Inc. says it is selling a Medicare services subsidiary to a Florida firm.