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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Blue Shield Blasts UCLA Doctors For Alleged 17 Percent Profit Margin

    Medical costs take up almost one in five dollars American's spend. And while constant increases have been tempered in recent years, you have to wonder who's pocketing all that dough. Many fingers have been pointed at health insurance companies, but this week one of the biggest ones, Blue Shield of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Cedars-Sinai Heart Transplant Recipients Play the Doctors Who Saved Their Lives...in Softball

    Brought together by softball and heart transplantsPhoto courtesy of Cedars-Sinai​ Talk about a game with heart. Once a year, a bunch of cardiac transplant patients and the Cedars-Sinai doctors who saved their lives get together to play a friendly game of softball. The patients usually win. The ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 19, 2011

    Jamie Court: Browser Beater

    Brought together by softball and heart transplantsPhoto courtesy of Cedars-Sinai​ Talk about a game with heart. Once a year, a bunch of cardiac transplant patients and the Cedars-Sinai doctors who saved their lives get together to play a friendly game of softball. The patients usually win. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Group Files Suit Against Blue Cross' Massive Premium Hikes

    ​A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Anthem Blue Cross in California over the health insurer's planned rate increases, some as high as 39 percent, in the Golden State. Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit, announced the suit Monday, stating that the insurer "used enormo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    California's Health Insurance Woes Shape National Debate

    ​Los Angeles-based Anthem Blue Cross' recent attempts to raise insurance premiums among some of its customers by as much as 39 percent has drawn national attention and has likely given new life to the ailing health-care reform legislation being pushed by the Obama administration. " ... There ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Meet Your Local Herb Guy Herb Tip of the Day

    For all of the tens of you out there wondering who is the skinny guy at the Saturday Silver Lake farmer's market selling all those gorgeous planting herbs (3 for 5$!) we have the answer. His name is Brandon Dimperio, he is 27 years of age and he has worked in the kitchens of Bastide and Patina. He f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    What Summer School? Due to its budget crunch, the L.A. Unified School District is canceling all of its K-8 summer school classes and most of its non-academic programs, while offering only credit-recovery courses for high schoolers. L.A. TimesThe More Things Change Dept. L.A. City Attorney-elect Carm ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 23, 2008

    Checking Back Into Frederick Wiseman's Hospital

    The doctor won't see you now

  • News

    May 1, 2003

    The Health Plans

    The doctor won't see you now

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    The 2nd Annual List Issue

    The doctor won't see you now

  • Columns

    April 25, 2002

    Voodoo Doll

    The doctor won't see you now

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Tijuana or Bust

    Valley housewife gets help across the border

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    The Economics Lesson

    Or, an evening of topless bowling

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