Blue Shield of California, a nonprofit health plan provider, is set to lay off 61 employees across the state, including in Oakland, just before the holiday season, according to regulatory filings.

The settlement ended litigation that began in 2013 when a class-action antitrust lawsuit was filed against more than 35 Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance plans, including Highmark.

The Comanche, Godley and Morgan school districts, all of which are southwest of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, recently closed ...

The news comes as the company's longtime CEO takes on another position at a newly created business. One of the region's largest health insurance providers is undergoing big changes at the top.

"We are not waiting for the system to fix itself,” Kristina Leslie, chair of the Blue Shield of California board of directors, said in a statement. “We are taking action.” From the San ...

Blue Shield of California ... it plans to honor Blue Shield insurance pricing for current patients during the pending negotiations. If the contract disputes aren’t resolved, Stanford Health ...

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Blue Shield of California issued a statement regarding ... at their kitchen tables and wrestle with their health care decisions and whether they can afford them. As the only statewide nonprofit health ...

In a bold move to tackle soaring drug costs, Blue Shield of California is pioneering a ... Every employer, health plan and payer should be asking – and challenging – their pharmacy benefit ...