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...Mortifications are part of Opus Dei’s daily spiritual plan, and they aren’t limited to the flesh. Asceticism is a way to imitate Christ’s life, to take up the cross with him....
...The first large flag I see when I arrive in Maine flutters off the back of a pick-up truck. It’s red, white and blue and says “Fuck Biden”....
...It called for an immediate response plan in England, where tern colonies in Northumberland have been ravaged, and a plan for further possible outbreaks this winter....
...Ushers had escorted them to spots spaced six feet apart, marked by blue painters’ tape formed into a cross....
...Thus I’d implement a tax of 1 per cent per annum for, at least, the duration of the recession and maybe indefinitely, (up to say a maximum of 50 per cent ownership of any one property)....
...Blue Shield state health plans, which negotiate via Prime Therapeutics....
...A running joke among executives in charge of employee benefits is they have no choice but to deal with “Cuba” — Cigna, UnitedHealth, Blue Cross, Anthem or Aetna — the inference being that the large insurers...
...Of the big five, Anthem is most exposed to the Obamacare exchanges; the insurer holds licences for the popular Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in several states....
...Instead, Cigna blamed Anthem for pursuing a “unilateral strategy” to bolster its Blue Cross Blue Shield network, which it said ultimately persuaded the judge that the deal would limit competition....
...In Zahra, Munir Hussein, a man with piercing blue eyes, is repairing the grocery shop where he plans to spend his retirement after finishing his service as a pilot in an air force that has levelled rebellious...
...Already, medical data stores have been a prime target for cybercriminals: in 2015, US health insurers Anthem and Premera Blue Cross were hacked, compromising the medical records of more than 90 million patients...
...Premera Blue Cross, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, and Excellus Health Plan announced breaches affecting at least 22m individuals in total since March, including hacks that stretched back more than a year...
...All the parents interviewed for this piece had seen coverage of the trial, and cited it as one of the main reasons they would avoid Johnson’s products....
...There is stiff competition in many states from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, a federation of 36 separate insurers that covers about 30 per cent of Americans....
...Since the Anthem breach was discovered in February, health insurers Premera Blue Cross and CareFirst have also said they are investigating large data breaches....
...The “Royal Esplanade” running down the middle is more of a cross between a Westfield shopping centre and a Marriott hotel. At one end there is a vast silver sculpture of a French horn....
...That is because when insurance companies such as WellPoint and Blue Cross Blue Shield decided to participate in the new statewide exchanges, they proposed premiums based on assumptions that other policies...
...Adichie’s long, satisfying novel of cross-continental relationships, exile and the pull of home....
...Other big hirers include Blue Cross Blue Shield, the health insurer, which now employs 4,000 people in downtown Detroit. Like Gilbert’s mostly out-of-town workforce, most are young graduates....
...She had previously been president and chief executive of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (WellPoint divisions), where she started out with the company in 1999 as its general counsel....
...by Anthem Blue Cross”....
...Ms Braly, who runs the biggest US health insurance company by membership, is under pressure because of soaring rate increases at Anthem Blue Cross, a California subsidiary, that were set to take effect next...
...The Obama administration has been incensed by the likes of Anthem Blue Cross, which raised premiums in California by 39 per cent, and has proposed a review board to block rate rises deemed unjustified....
...By implanting its links and cornflower blue “f” logo on millions of pages, the company is enmeshing itself deeper into the fabric of the web, one site at a time. B.J....
...Express Scripts will pay $3.28bn in cash, with the rest of the price paid in stock, to WellPoint, a top US health insurer that provides benefits under the Blue Cross Blue Shield brand....
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