Article: Bay State HMO ailing; bailout plan reported set

Article: Bay State Health, Blue Cross to merge
The Boston Globe;  June 17, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... about $100 million. Blue Cross plans to maintain Bay State as a separate division ... separate name. Three Bay State board members will join Blue Cross' board of directors ... time. So why did Bay State choose Blue Cross? Nussbaum said ...

Article: Bay State-Blue Cross merger is formal ...
The Boston Globe;  September 30, 1992 ;     361 words ...BAY STATE HEALTH Care ... became part of Blue Cross and Blue Shield ... president of Blue Cross. The doctors ... hospitals that serve Bay State may not be as ... of June 30, Bay State had a deficit of $123 million. Blue Cross provides health ...

Article: Blue Cross-Bay State deal failing ...
The Boston Globe;  August 28, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... the future. Citing Bay State's large financial losses, Blue Cross said it needed an ... intention to take over Bay State in June, Blue Cross sounded confident ... the merger only if Blue Cross cut the debt Bay State had accumulated ...

Article: Major out-of-hospital services merge Is Blue Cross ...
The Boston Globe;  June 18, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... plans to acquire Bay State Health Care, Blue Cross and Blue Shield ... healthier or sicker? Bay State is a company with severe problems. Blue Cross, on the other ... sources say. But Blue Cross says it can handle Bay State's financial problems ...

Article: Blue Cross-Bay State deal approved
The Boston Globe;  September 22, 1992 ;     481 words ... ... health insurance market." Blue Cross and Bay State together would control 41 ... insurance to 2 million people; Bay State has more than 350,000 subscribers. Blue Cross agreed to acquire Bay State in June after Bay State ...

Article: Blue Cross' Bay State domination ...
The Boston Herald;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... could be, he said, that Blue Cross costs are lower and that it ... and paying doctors too low. Blue Cross has long dominated the Bay State market and it has been growing ... of membership. This year, Blue Cross expects to add between 120 ...

Article: BLUE CROSS SHOCKER FOR BAY STATE ...
The Boston Globe;  February 26, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... have been looking at their Blue Cross bills in disbelief. Sure ... rate hikes for Medex, the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Medicare supplement ... or certain other problems. Blue Cross does not have these or any ... as wide open as Medex. For Bay State Health Care's Bay ...