The Blue Cross and Blue Shield brands are the nation’s oldest and largest family of health benefits companies and the most recognized brands in the health insurance industry.

Over the past 75 years, we’ve grown from our humble beginnings assuring hospital care to Texas teachers and providing physician care to lumber and mine workers in the Pacific Northwest. Now we’re the largest health benefits provider in America, serving nearly 102 million people in all regions of the country.

We’d like to share with you some of the highlights of our history as well as the exciting programs and campaigns that make us the biggest and the best today.

Provides coverage for more than 100 million individuals - one-in-three Americans.
Covers one of every three Americans
Includes 39 Plans in 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico
Contracts with more hospitals and physicians than any other insurer
Sells insurance products to all sectors in the health insurance market

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) is a national federation of 39 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies.

For more than 70 years, the 39 Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies have provided millions of families with top-quality, affordable health insurance. 

Represents the nation’s oldest and largest family of health benefits companies
BCBS Brands are the most recognized in the health insurance industry
Headquarters in Chicago with offices in Washington, D.C.
More than 880 employees
BCBSA Departments and National Programs
BCBS Companies
Collectively, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield System provides healthcare coverage for 102 million people or one-in-three Americans. 

39 Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies
Among the 20 largest employers in the U.S.
Healthcare coverage available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and in Puerto Rico
Nationwide, more than 90 percent of hospitals and 80 percent of physicians contract with BCBS companies – more than any other insurer
BCBS Healthcare Coverage
Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies offer a variety of insurance products to all segments of the population, including large employer groups, small businesses and individuals.

71.6 million in PPOs
11.7 million in traditional, fee-for-service programs
14.8 million in HMOs
4.8 million in point-of-service (POS) products
BCBS History
Today, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Brands are registered in more than 170 countries.  To find out the history behind healthcare’s most recognized Brands,
www.bcbs.com