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Community Health

CARES Act aims at coronavirus recovery

Chronic Disease

Improving primary care for better management of chronic disease and lower healthcare costs

Healthcare Cost

What’s up in the states?

Healthcare Cost

What’s driving sky high costs for air ambulances?

Issues

Our top priorities, explained.

Addressing the rising cost of healthcare

Why does healthcare cost so much? The price of medical care is the single biggest factor, accounting for 90 percent of spending.

Tackling America's opioid epidemic

BCBS companies are addressing the opioid crisis in communities around the country, ensuring patients get the right care in the right setting.

Providing access to safe, effective and affordable prescriptions

As prescription drug prices climb, we are working to ensure BCBS members get the medication they need at a price they can afford.

Improving the individual market

Healthcare should be available to everyone, no matter who they are or where they live. This starts with improving the individual market.

Creating—and sustaining—the innovation that is Medicare

BCBS companies provide coordinated, patient-centered care for millions of Medicare beneficiaries and are making sure it continues to modernize.

Supporting and improving Medicaid

BCBS companies provide access to critical health services for millions of adults and children through Medicaid, and are addressing the unique health challenges they face.

Insights

Leading voices in healthcare share their ideas.

Preventative Care

Using routine blood work to rout out cancer

By Seema Singh Bhan, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and External Affairs, Thrive Earlier Detection Corp.

In 2019, 1.7 million people in the United States were diagnosed with cancer, and 600,000 people died from this cruel disease.

Cancer as we know it today is devastating, in part because it is frequently identified at late stages when the disease already has spread. While tremendous work has been done to develop novel therapeutic approaches to help extend the lives of those with late stage disease, nothing is as effective as earlier detection. When diagnosed earlier, cancer is usually treated more successfully, and, in some cases, even cured.