Profiles Healthc Mark. 1996 Nov-Dec;12(6):15-20.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield organizations around the country are all undergoing radical change, and not without controversy. A citizens group in California, for example, won a raucous public relations battle, getting the Blues to put $3.2 billion into two charitable trusts. Then, in Virginia, Trigon BlueCross BlueShield squared off against a citizens group when it, too, tried to reorganize itself.
美国各地的蓝十字/蓝盾组织都在经历根本性变革,且并非毫无争议。例如,加利福尼亚州的一个公民团体赢得了一场喧闹的公关战,促使蓝十字/蓝盾组织向两个慈善信托基金投入32亿美元。然后,在弗吉尼亚州,三角蓝十字蓝盾公司在试图进行自我重组时,也与一个公民团体展开了对峙。