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Welcome to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois traces its roots to the depths of the Great Depression and a group
of Chicago business leaders who witnessed how relatively minor illnesses that required a hospital stay were ruining
families financially. These business leaders saw terrible hardship in their community and they took action to alleviate it.
In 1936, they pooled their own savings and launched a not-for-profit company called Hospital Service Corporation to offer
an affordable pre-paid hospital plan, which was a new concept at that time. The Chicago Plan, as it was called, was one
the forerunners of what we know as health insurance today. The idea, of course, caught on and Hospital Service Corporation
eventually became Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois.
Today, we are the largest and most experienced health insurance company in the state, providing more than 6.5 million
members with comprehensive and affordable health plans. As a division of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois provides its members with a high level of confidence and security.
We at Blue Cross are proud to be a technologically innovative, efficient and responsive health insurance company.
That is why we are pleased to offer Blue Access for Members, which provides group health plan members and their
dependents with secure online access to benefits summaries, claim status, provider information and valuable health tips.
The people of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois are committed to the highest standards of business ethics and
integrity, and we are committed to fulfilling our corporate citizenship responsibilities to the communities we serve.
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