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		<title>Illinois Gets Failing Grade on Protecting Consumers Purchasing Individual Health Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on a report published in June 2008 by Families USA, it’s hard to find a state that does less than Illinois to protect consumers purchasing individual health insurance. Families USA is an advocate for universal health care and a frequent critic of the insurance industry. But its research is well-respected. Families USA’s latest analysis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois loses contract with Wal-Mart</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, the state&#8217;s largest health insurer, soon will no longer administer claims and provide customer service to employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#8217;s largest retailer, losing the business to another Blue Cross plan in Arkansas. Starting in January 2010, Illinois Blue Cross won&#8217;t be performing administrative functions, such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Announces Its Intent Not to Pay for Additional Costs Resulting From &#8216;Never Events&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO, Aug. 11 &#8212; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) announced today its intent not to pay for costs resulting from hospital-based preventable medical errors known as &#8220;serious hospital acquired conditions&#8221; and &#8220;never events&#8221; (errors in patient care that can and should be prevented). BCBSIL said it will work with hospitals in its [...]]]></description>
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