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Wellmark's 'Blue Zones' project aims to create healthier state
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield hopes to make Iowa one of the healthiest states in the nation by improving individuals' health and decreasing medical costs--and limiting its own premium increases.
Wellmark's 9.35% rate hike approved
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield can move forward with its 9.35 percent increase in individual health insurance premiums for roughly 86,000 Iowans. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss approved the
Wellmark faces angry customers at rate hike hearing
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield faced dozens of angry customers who grilled execs with pointed questions over premium increases. Wellmark, Iowa's largest health insurer, wants to raise premiums by
Wellmark unsure of exchange participation
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is unsure whether it will participate in the Iowa health insurance exchange, Chairman John Forsyth told the Des Moines Register. Wellmark, the state's largest insurer,
Wellmark's rate hike lowered to 8.5 percent by regulators
The Iowa Insurance Department won't allow Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield to increase its premium rates by 11 percent as it proposed, but has approved an 8.5 percent increase instead.
Wellmark faces criticism, opposition to rate hike at public hearing
The general consensus during a public hearing regarding Wellmark's proposed 11 percent premium rate increase for individual policies is that it's too high. Two actuaries said the rate increase is
