Regence

Standard Joined Regence Against Ballot Measures

Together both insurance companies spent $105,000 to defeat Ballot Measures 66 and 67 in a special election
March 4, 2010 – Regence BlueCross BlueShield wasn’t the only insurer that made a financial contribution to try and defeat Ballot Measures 66 and 67. Read More >>

A Call for Regence to Become Accountable

Regence’s actions are more consistent with a for-profit hedge fund
February 18, 2010 -- I just returned from 16 days in Singapore to start teaching my public health, health management and international health students again for Linfield’s spring semester. Read More >>

Regence Wants Slow Approach on Reform

Since 2006, Massachusetts has seen a dramatic reduction in premiums for individuals and small businesses after creating an insurance exchange.
February 11, 2010 – It was quite a coincidence. Almost the same time Regence BlueCross BlueShield received approval to raise individual rates by 16 percent, one of its top executives urged policymakers to proceed slowly with setting up an insurance exchange so the market wouldn’t be disrupted.   Read More >>

Portland-area UFCW Members Dropped from Kaiser

January 28, 2010 -- Nearly 2,000 Portland-area grocery, meat, and retail workers and their families — 5,700 people in all — were dropped from the Kaiser Permanente health system Jan. 1. Read More >>

Regence Gave $70,000 to Defeat Ballot Measures 66 and 67

In doing so, Regence became the only health insurer in Oregon that contributed to the 'no' campaign
January 28, 2010 -- The victory celebrated by proponents of Ballot Measures 66 and 67, which will raise taxes on corporations and wealthy Oregonians, no doubt left one health insurer booing from the sidelines. Read More >>

Regence Tells Brokers to Oppose Premium Tax in Health Reform Bill

The $6.7 billion tax to cover the uninsured will supposedly be passed onto consumers
December 18, 2009 -- In an email to brokers and agents, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon tells them to urge their elected representatives to vote against the healthcare reform bill in Congress because it's estimated to raise premiums on those who have insurance. Read More >>

An Insurance Bureaucrat Speaks Out

Dr. Don Thieman’s been inside the health insurance industry and he’s not remaining silent
December 3, 2009 -- A former medical director at Regence Bluecross Blueshield of Oregon says people have nothing to fear. By and large those in government have our interests at heart much more than people in the insurance industry. Read More >>

Regulators Offer Little Backstop for Premium Hikes

High paid executives and skyrocketing premiums from coast to coast
November 19, 2009 -- New information from a Senate investigation reveals CIGNA, one of the country's largest health insurers, failed to account for $5 billion in premium revenue reported to state regulators. Read More >>

Insurance Division Fines Regence

400 employees face layoffs by the state’s largest insurer
November 12, 2009 -- Regence BlueCross BlueShield officials are in a world of hurt these days. Not only will the state’s largest health insurer lose 103,000 members to Providence Health Plan in January, but the Oregon Insurance Division has fined the company $5,000. Read More >>

Regence Drops Lawsuit Against PEBB

President Short delivered the news in an email to agents and brokers today
October 15, 2009 -- Jared Short, president of Regence Blue Cross BlueShield of Oregon, announced today the insurer would drop its lawsuit against the Public Employees Benefit Board for terminating its contract for the next two years. Read More >>
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