Both parties are working to find common ground, but a letter BlueCross sent to 27,000 policyholders didn’t give much hope that an agreement would be reached before the deadline.
MSHA spokesman Tony Benton said the system’s profit margin was less than 1 percent last year and faces double-digit rate reductions from BlueCross’ contract proposal, according to a report by the Bristol Herald Courier.
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