One in Three Americans Have Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan

July 14, 2003 One in Three Americans Have Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) announced on June 25, 2003, that total enrollment in the 42 independent Blue plans across the country reached a record 88.7 million at the end of the first quarter of 2003. Today, nearly one-in-three Americans is covered by a Blue Cross or Blue Shield plan. The previous record high enrollment in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield System was 87.9 million in 1975. There have now been nine consecutive years of increases in system . . .