Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts News

Mass. Consumers, Businesses to Pay More for Health Insurance in 2016

Massachusetts consumers and businesses are expected to pay more for health insurance in 2016. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state’s biggest commercial insurer, is raising premiums an average of 5 percent. Tufts Health Plan’s rates are set to …

Mass. Health Insurer Cuts Narcotic Prescriptions to Combat Abuse

The largest health insurer in Massachusetts has cut prescriptions of narcotic painkillers by an estimated 6.6 million pills in 18 months as part of a campaign to curb abuse. The decline in prescribed opiates including Percocet and Vicodin followed the …

Insurance Agent Takes Stand on Gay Marriage in Supreme Court Case

Today David Kosar can be considered one of the nation’s most outspoken insurance agents on the issue of gay marriage. Kosar, owner of David Kosar Insurance Agency-American Family in Everett, Wash., has joined an amicus brief filed by 278 businesses, …