Is Blue Cross Blue Shield of Washington Right for You?
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Washington is an independent and separate Licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, a trade group made up of separately organized, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans. With Blue Cross Blue Shield local providers found throughout the USA and Canada, BCBS provides high quality health insurance coverage to more than one in every four Americans. BCBS has offered top quality and reasonable health care benefits for over seventy years.
BCBS provides many insurance plans across the USA. Depending on your region, Blue Cross & Blue Shield provides Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) plans, network provider (PPO) plans, PPO and Health Savings Account (HSA) plans, and Indemnity plans (non-network coverage). Many of these plans (with regional differences) may be offered on either a group basis to employers for their employees or as individual or family packages or, in some states, as both group and family plans. For seniors, and depending on the region where you live, Blue Cross & Blue Shield offers various plans, including nationwide Medicare supplemental insurance (non-BCBS-network) and local network coverage Medicare supplemental insurance.
Across the United States, various BCBS providers have now added complementary health benefit services and health care resources and guidelines. These supplementary services include covered or discount health services including dental, vision or chiropractic services. Available health information and guidelines may include subjects such as general health care, exercise, dietary supplements, parenting, weight loss, women's health, men's health, and behavioral health.