Blue Cross and Blue Shield System-Wide Enrollment Reaches 20-Year High

June 24, 2002 Blue Cross and Blue Shield System-Wide Enrollment Reaches 20-Year High On June 4, 2002 the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) announced that total enrollment in the 43 independent Blue Plans across the country reached 82.6 million at the end of 2001, marking an increase from 80.1 million at the end of 2000. The enrollment growth of 2.5 million Blue Plan members in 2001 follows enrollment growth of 5.2 million new members in 2000 and marks the seventh consecutive year that the Blue Cross and Blue Shield System has recorded . . .