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Article: Blue Cross and Blue Shield System-wide Enrollment Reaches 22-Year High: Financial Results Enhance Quality and Security of Blue Plans
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 20, 2003
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CHICAGO, May 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Association (BCBSA) announced today that total enrollment in the 42
independent Blue Plans across the country reached 85.3 million at the
end of 2002, up from 82.6 million in 2001. Today, nearly one-in-
three Americans is covered by a Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan.
The strong enrollment growth of 2.7 million Blue Plan members in
2002 follows record growth of 5.2 million new members in 2000 and 2.5
million in 2001. It marks the eighth consecutive year that the Blue
Cross and Blue Shield System has recorded enrollment growth. The 85.3
million Blue System membership total is the highest in the Blue
System in 22 years. The ...