The US stock markets are at lows unseen for more than 10 years, unemployment is rising, around the world national deficits are increasing, and times are tough for ostensibly not-for-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state's largest health care insurer/ managed care organization. Per the Boston Globe :
Blue Cross-Blue Shield's business was affected by the stock market decline, the recession, and the increasing cost of medical care.
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