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Blue Cross And Blue Shield, State Farm Partner To Expand Individual Health Coverage

Northern Public Radio | By Ryan Pumroy

Published September 23, 2014 at 5:26 PM CDT

Blue Cross and Blue Shield and State Farm have partnered to offer individual health insurance policies.

In five states, including Illinois, Blue Cross and Blue Shield will offer health plans that State Farm clients can purchase. Some of those plans will be on Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges.

Open enrollment beings Nov. 15, with health coverage becoming effective Jan. 1, 2015.

Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas are the four other states that will see the expansion. The partnership was announced in a company press release Tuesday.