AARP Ends Involvement in Lawsuit Against Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin.Business Editors/Healthcare Writers MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2001 The American Association of Retired Persons American Association of Retired Persons: see AARP. (AARP AARP, a nonprofit, nonpartisan national organization dedicated to "enriching the experience of aging"; membership is open to people age 50 or older. Founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus as American Association of Retired Persons, AARP now has over 30 million ) has withdrawn from a lawsuit against Blue Cross & Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. United of Wisconsin (BCBSUW). AARP had filed suit against BCBSUW challenging the plan approved by the Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance to dedicate the full value of the company, after conversion to a stockholder-owned corporation, to the Wisconsin United for Health Foundation. The Foundation will contribute the funds to the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Medical School for the purpose of improving the health of Wisconsin citizens. AARP filed its Notice of Voluntary Dismissal Voluntary dismissal is when a law suit is terminated by request of the plaintiff (the party originally bringing the suit to court). In the United States, voluntary dismissal in Federal court is subject to Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. with the 4th District Court of Appeals in Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The 2006 population estimate of Madison was 223,389, making it the second largest city in Wisconsin, after Milwaukee, and , on February 20. "We are pleased AARP realized its lawsuit was not the solution to their concerns," Tim Cullen Timothy Leo Cullen (born February 16, 1942 in San Francisco, California) is a former infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators (1966-67, 1968-71), Chicago White Sox (1968) and Oakland Athletics (1972). He batted and threw right-handed. , vice president of BCBSUW said. " The truth is that both the medical schools and Blue Cross agree with AARP that public health is a high priority for these dollars and we are all committed to fulfilling the Commissioner's order that requires 35 percent of the Foundation dollars to go for public health and the other 65 percent to be split between research and education." AARP is by far the largest and best-known organization that was party to the lawsuit. Two lesser-known groups, ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. for Health and the Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy, remain in the formal appeal of the court decision they lost in August 2000 in Dane County (Wisconsin) Circuit Court. "I would hope now that the two organizations still involved in the lawsuit will follow AARP's lead and work with us to end the lawsuit," Cullen said. Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin is the state's largest health insurer. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Blue Cross offers a flexible product portfilio with a broad range of options for small, medium and large groups, as well as individual plans for people who don't have group coverage. The Blue Cross Internet address is www.bluecrosswisconsin.com. |
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