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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.


ANTHEM anthem [ultimately from antiphon], short nonliturgical choral composition used in Protestant services, usually accompanied and having an English text. The term is used in a broader sense for "national anthems" and for the Latin motets still used occasionally in  BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross.  reached a settlement with the Kentucky attorney general calling on the health insurer An individual or company who, through a contractual agreement, undertakes to compensate specified losses, liability, or damages incurred by another individual.

An insurer is frequently an insurance company and is also known as an underwriter.
 to provide an estimated $1 million in credits or refunds to about 59,000 policyholders.

Attorney General Gregory Stumbo fried 1. (hardware) fried - Non-working due to hardware failure; burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a "power glitch" (see glitch), drop-outs, a short, or some other electrical event.  the agreement with the Kentucky Office of Insurance in the case that involved an individual health insurance plan by Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky Inc., which does business as Anthem Blue Cross. Anthem is a unit of WellPoint Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer based on commercial membership.

The attorney general's office said it sought relief for consumers after questioning Anthem's administrative expenses under the plan.
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Date:Sep 1, 2007
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