State Health Plan ditches Aetna, sends business back to Blue Cross
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"State Health Plan ditches Aetna, sends business back to Blue Cross" is generating significant coverage in the Business category, with 5 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include EdNC, CBS 17, Raleigh News & Observer and WRAL. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (5)
- State Health Plan board votes to return to Blue Cross NC as administrator, enacts new preferred provider structure EdNC · 6h ago
- NC State Health Plan board approves premiums, benefit changes affecting 750,000+ members CBS 17 · 6h ago
- NC’s State Health Plan switching who administers its members’ benefits, again Raleigh News & Observer · 6h ago
- Premiums to rise 5% for State Health Plan; state workers to be pushed to UNC for care WRAL · 6h ago broke it first
- State Health Plan ditches Aetna, sends business back to Blue Cross WRAL · 6h ago broke it first
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