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Health Care Service Corp. merges with Oklahoma Blues.


Health Care Service Corp. said it completed its merger with 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.  of Oklahoma in a transaction the company said strengthens its position as the nation's largest noninvestor-owned 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.
 and boosts membership to more than 10 million.

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, based in Chicago, is a not-for-profit, mutual legal reserve company that provides health insurance through its divisions that include Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). . With completion of the acquisition, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma becomes its fourth division.
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Date:Dec 1, 2005
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