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Can Exercise Help Reduce Colon Cancer Risk?
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How To Stock Your Cupboards for Better Heart Health
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Energy Drink Surge Among Teens Comes with a Health Warning
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When the Body Turns on Itself: Understanding Autoimmune Diseases
Affordability
Paying for Better Health: A Solution to Rising Health Care Costs
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Risks of Sports Betting
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How Cold Weather Affects Arthritis
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Blue Cross Makes Prescription Drugs More Affordable for Members and Group Customers
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What to Know About At-Home Colorectal Cancer Tests

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Informs Customers and Members of Michigan Medicine’s Decision to Lock Blue Cross Members Out Starting July 1
Affordability
What’s Behind the University of Michigan Health System Contract Dispute with Blue Cross?
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How the Shift in Daylight Hours Affects Sleep
Affordability
Data, Technology and Innovation: Solutions for Sustainable Health Care Costs
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Investing in the Health of Our Members Supports Affordability
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Reports a $246 million Loss Driven by Higher Medical and Drug Costs
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How to Prepare for Allergy Season
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How Music Can Improve Productivity
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Removing Barriers to Focus on Healing: Haven Homes Detroit Provides Health Care Access to At-Risk Populations
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Affordability
Henry Ford Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Announce Partnership
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Blue Cross Programs Held Drug Cost Increases to Just 2.6% in 2025
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The Many Benefits Behind Talking Out Loud to Yourself
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Do Natural Sleep Aids Really Enhance Sleep Quality?
Affordability
Crain’s: Blue Cross’ Biosimilar Medication Initiatives Save Members, Employee Groups More than $147 Million Between 2024 and 2025
Affordability
Why Is My Health Insurance So Expensive?
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What Are the 4 Stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis?
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Top 5 Myths About Heart Disease
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How Blue Cross Has Evolved Over the Past 20 Years to Benefit Members, Customers
Affordability
Prescription Drug Prices: A Barrier to Affordable Health Insurance
Is there a Connection Between Spine Health and Thyroid Function?
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Is There a Connection Between Spine Health and Thyroid Function?
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Reducing Our Own Costs is Part of the Affordability Solution
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We Stand for a Well-Regulated System
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Does Caffeine Raise Blood Pressure?
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How to Maintain Balance Between Mental and Physical Health
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Community-Driven Solutions to Health Care Affordability
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We Stand for Innovation
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Pharmacy
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Biosimilar Program Saves Members, Customers Over 90% on Specialty Drugs in 2025
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What to Know About Fraudulent Covid Testing Labs
Prevention
Study: Vigorous Exercise May Be Up to Six Times More Beneficial Than Moderate Exercise
Health and Wellness
Why You Should Stop Checking Your Phone First Thing in the Morning
Health and Wellness
Dispose of Unused Medications on Upcoming Drug Take Back Day
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Learn to Make a Conscious Choice to Respond, Not React
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Positions AF Group for Future Success with Sale to Enstar Group, Backed by Sixth Street
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Michigan Big Show: Why Helping Uninsured People Makes Health Care More Affordable for Everyone
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How Does AI Affect Your Brain?
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Is Sepsis Contagious?
Affordability
We Stand Behind Our Members and Customers
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Smart Tech and Safe Aging: Tips to Help Your Loved Ones Live Alone Safely and for Longer
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I’m Too Young for This: Heart Disease Risk Increasing in People Under 40
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We Stand for Partnering
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How Cold Weather Affects the Heart
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Can Bacteria in Your Reusable Water Bottle Make You Sick?
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Measles Cases on the Rise Underscore Importance of Getting the Measles Vaccine
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How Common is Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Adults?
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How Surging Health Care Use Affects Your Insurance
Community
A Game That Means More Than the Final Score: Shocks and Saves Hockey Game Raises Money for CPR Training, AED Placements in Saginaw Area
Affordability
The Old Way of Paying for Health Care Needs to Change
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is Ready to Help You With Your Whole Health
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Primary Care and Value-Based Care: How We’re Reducing Health Care Costs
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Are Power Naps Really Effective for Recharging Your Energy?
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Exploring the Connections Between Cancer and Heart Disease
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What to Know About the AHA’s New High Blood Pressure Guidelines
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Why You Benefit from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s Structure as a Nonprofit Mutual Insurer
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The Benefits of Sleeping in a Dark Room
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Michigan Mom Born with Rare Congenital Heart Defect ‘Soaks Up Every Moment’ After Multiple Open-Heart Surgeries
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How Does COPD Affect the Heart?
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How Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is Lowering Drug Prices for Members
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New Program Aims to Reduce ER Visits, Improve Primary Care in Grand Rapids Area
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Solutions to Rising Health Care Costs for Small Businesses
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How to Get Antibiotics Online Through Telehealth
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Are These Social Trends Harming Your Skin?
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Debunking Common Myths about Cervical Health
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‘A Gift of Love and Care:’ Rx Kids’ Cash Transfer Program Offers Critical Financial Support to Michigan Families in the Eastern UP
Health and Wellness
Why High-Protein Breakfasts Make a Difference for Women
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How Often Can You Donate Blood?
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Why Am I Still Tired After 8 Hours of Sleep?
Prevention
Falls After a First Fall: What Happens Next
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How to Start and Maintain a Routine
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What Should I Do If I Missed Open Enrollment? 
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Cold vs. Sinus Infection
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What to Know About Michigan’s Recent “Super Flu” Surge
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Is Cervical Cancer Hereditary?
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Prevention
How to Avoid Bad Medication and Food Combinations
Prevention
Signs of Thyroid Cancer
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Can Food Affect Your Lifespan by the Minute?
Affordability
How Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Is Leading the Shift to Affordable, Value-Based Care
Podcast
What to Look for When Reading Food Labels
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Study: Millennials Have the Highest Risk of Missing Cervical Cancer Screenings. Here's How to Address Your Fears.
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Taking Control of Your Coverage: How to Make the Most of Your Health Insurance Plan in 2026 
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Older Driver Safety: When It’s Time to Stop Driving
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Is Falling Asleep After Eating a Sign of Diabetes?
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Does the “Sleepy Girl Mocktail” Work?
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How Stress Affects Your Immune System
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What is an Overactive Nervous System?
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A Healthy New Year: Making the Most of Preventive and Primary Care
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Blue Cross Utilizes Preferred Pharmacy to Manage Specialty Prescription Drug Costs
Prevention
Is Glaucoma Hereditary?
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Podcast
Is Your Diet Affecting Your Heart Health? 
Prevention
RSV in Adults: What to Know About Symptoms, Treatment and More
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Prevention
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Vaccine Coverage Remains Unchanged 
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When to Worry About Thyroid Nodules
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The Benefits of Therapy for Men
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How Women Can Manage Stress
Affordability
Economic Alliance for Michigan CEO: ‘Health Care Prices are a Hidden Tax on Investment in Business’
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Simple Lifestyle Habits to Support Cervical Health
Physical Health
When Should I See a Doctor for My Allergies? 
Physical Health
Is Donating Blood Good for You? The Surprising Benefits
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Doctor's Appointments to Make This Year
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Does Chronic Anxiety Increase Dementia Risk?
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Understanding Behavioral Health Audits
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How to Maximize the Benefits in Your Health Insurance Plan
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Strengthening Clinical Documentation for ABA Services
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Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions in Perspective with These Mental Health Tips
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Choosing a Primary Care Provider Can Help You Stay Healthier
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How Blue Cross is Supporting Michigan’s Health Care Safety Net
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The Pharmacy Solutions Helping Blue Cross Rewrite the Prescription for Affordability
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Why Do I Get So Hot When I Sleep?
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Debunking Myths About Chronic Conditions
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What to Do if You Can’t Get in to See Your Primary Care Provider Right Away
Affordability
Spend Where It Counts: How to Fit Being Healthy Into Your Budget
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Michigan Bucket List: Winter Edition
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Managing Eczema During Winter Months
How Harmful are the Holidays to my Gut Health? 
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How Harmful are the Holidays to my Gut Health? 
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Focusing on the Joys of the Holiday Season
Affordability
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Partners with WellSky® and tango to Deliver High Quality Post-Acute Care Management
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4 Health Conditions Made Worse by Cold Weather and How to Cope
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5 Ways to Stay Healthy During Holiday Travel
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Managing Holiday Anxiety and Mental Health
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Should I Wear Compression Socks?
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What to Know About Holiday Meal Myths
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Study: Increased Screen Time Linked to Lower Test Scores Among Children
Health and Wellness
Stay Healthy With This Winter Wellness Toolkit
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What to Know About Holiday Heart Syndrome
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Best Steps for Preventing Heart Disease
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What are the Benefits of a Primary Care Provider for Older Adults?
Health and Wellness
Find Help for Holiday Depression
Health and Wellness
What Doctors Want You to Know About Magnetic Toys
Prevention
Norovirus Cases Rise Across Michigan: Here’s What to Know
Health and Wellness
Tips to Keep Your Immune System Healthy this Winter
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Affordability
Blue Care Network’s Primary Care Physician Focus Network Expands Into 11 New Counties for the 2026 Plan Year
Podcast
How to Maintain Your Mental Health This Winter
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Coverage
Blue Cross’ Change to Adjustment Disorder Treatment Coverage Related to Ensuring Proper Billing for Appropriate Diagnoses
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What is Tech Neck?

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From Courtside to Pistons Star: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Detroit Pistons Open 7th Annual #MIKidsCan Pistons Kids Day Sweepstakes
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What is Blue Light Therapy?
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Hidden Signs of Heart Disease
Health and Wellness
Signs of Holiday Burnout
Health and Wellness
How Cold Weather Affects the Skin
Prevention
How to Discuss Unsafe Driving with Older Adults
Prevention
Long Distance Health Care: How to Manage Your Health From Miles Away
Health and Wellness
Is Walking Pneumonia Contagious?
Health and Wellness
High Intensity Drinking Increases During the Holidays. Gift Yourself Good Health this Year by Reducing Your Alcohol Intake
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How to Be Mindful During the Holidays
Community
Cheboygan’s Northern Care Center Grows, Provides Health Care for Community

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BCBSM Foundation
New Grant Program Awards $632,590 in Grants to Enhance Health Care for Upper Peninsula Seniors
Health and Wellness
How Stress Affects Your Appetite
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Coping with Happiness Guilt Around the Holidays
Health and Wellness
The Importance of Intergenerational Relationships
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Health Insurance Explained: Individual vs. Family Plans
Prevention
Why Viruses Love the Cold
Prevention
Do I Need Sunscreen in Winter?
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Podcast
Why Self-Reflection is Key to Personal Growth 
How to Recover from a Cigarette Smoking Relapse
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How to Recover from a Cigarette Smoking Relapse 
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Bladder Symptoms You Shouldn’t Ignore
Blue Cross Careers
Blue Cross Among ‘Best and Brightest Companies to Work For'
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Affordability
How to Find Urgent Health Care During the Holidays
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Common Medications Associated with Higher Risk of Dementia
Community
Hospice of Michigan Supports Families of Terminally Ill Children with Personalized Bereavement Care and Legacy-Building Services
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What to Know About Lesser-Known Forms of Diabetes
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How Harmful is Hookah to Your Health?

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Grant Applications Open for Safety Net Organizations to Improve Disability Health Care Access and Quality
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How to Deal With What Drives Our Emotional Eating
Prevention
Low Fiber Diet for Colonoscopy Prep
Prevention
Early Signs of Lung Cancer
Health and Wellness
How to Test for Insulin Resistance
Affordability
How to Estimate Health Care Costs Before You Get Care
Health and Wellness
How Winter Affects the Body
Prevention
How Hydration Plays a Role in Getting Over Sickness
Health and Wellness
‘I’m in Awe at This Level of Caring:’ Access to In-Home Care Speeds Up the Injury Recovery Process for 71-Year-Old Owosso Woman
Health and Wellness
What are Symptoms of Gestational Diabetes?
Health and Wellness
Caring for Yourself as an Alzheimer’s Caregiver
Affordability
What are Biologics and Biosimilars?
Podcast
Foods to Pair to Boost Nutrient Absorption
Health and Wellness
What You Need to Know About the Study Associating Melatonin Supplements with an Increased Risk of Heart Failure
Information Technology
Blue Cross Using AI to Help Members, Reduce Costs

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Building Healthy Communities Program Awarded to 112 Michigan Schools to Boost Student and Staff Well-being
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Coverage
2026 Open Enrollment Checklist
Health and Wellness
What is Floor Time, the Viral Mental Health Trend?
Health and Wellness
Why You Feel So Grumpy When You’re Sick
Affordability
Mental Health When and Where You Need It: Collaborative Care Makes A Difference
Prevention
Advances in Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Community
Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital’s Preventive and Value-Based Care Efforts Help Manistique Improve Health Outcomes and Lower Costs for Manistique Residents
Prevention
Is There a Link Between Sleep Disorders and Alzheimer’s?
Podcast
How to Reduce Stigma Around Mental Health
Affordability
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Partners with Corewell Health to Improve Several Areas of In-Hospital Patient Care
Coverage
Medicare Open Enrollment Scams to Avoid
Prevention
What is a Hypertonic Pelvic Floor?
Prevention
Cervical Cancer Screening: What You Need to Know
Health and Wellness
How to Talk to Someone with Alzheimer’s or Dementia
Mental Health
How Winter Affects Mental Health
Affordability
Biosimilars Save Members More Than 90% Over Brand-name Specialty Drugs in 2025
Affordability
What is a Surprise Ambulance Medical Bill and Who Does It Affect?
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Affordability
Blue Cross Partner CivicaScript Offers Generic Drugs at Significant Savings
Affordability
What’s Changing in Michigan’s Health Insurance Market — and What It Means for You
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Individual Plans
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Care Network Maintain Strong Presence in 2026 ACA Marketplace, Assist Individuals Amid Coverage Transition
Podcast
Are These Health Drinks Actually Healthy?
Community
St. Ignace Food Pantry Helps Residents Through Community Support, Volunteers
Affordability
Reducing Tests That Don’t Add Value to Health Care
Prevention
Increasing Incidences of Breast Cancer in Younger Adults
Prevention
Surprising Symptoms of Menopause
Do Happy Lamps Impact Mental Health?
Mental Health
What is a Happy Light?
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Health and Wellness
How Vision is Tested in Young Children
Health and Wellness
Sleep Series: Is the Snooze Button Sabotaging Your Sleep Quality?
Preventive Care
What is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder?
Community
Detroit Dental Clinics Offer Accessible Care to People with Disabilities
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Food Facts You’ve Heard But Aren’t True
Health and Wellness
What is Extensor Tendonitis?
Health and Wellness
How Menopause Affects Mental Health
Health and Wellness
Understanding OCD Beyond the Stereotypes
Prevention
Listeria Contamination Recalls: How Michigan is Affected, Who’s at Risk, Prevention Tips and More
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Affordability
The Detroit News Reports on BCBSM Affordability Efforts
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Can Diet Affect Menopausal Hot Flashes?
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A Shared Responsibility for Affordability
Health and Wellness
The Connection Between Primary Care and Mental Wellness
Health and Wellness
Supporting a Loved One with Relationship OCD
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How Breast Cancer Impacts a Woman's Body Image and Identity
Health and Wellness
How Alcohol and Histamines Affect Sinuses
Affordability
5 Things You Can Learn More About to Make Better Health Decisions
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Why Does My Jaw Hurt?
Health and Wellness
Are Online Depression Tests Accurate?
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Health and Wellness
The Oral Health and Well-Being Connection
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‘I’m So Grateful:’ Detroit Woman Credits Self-Advocacy, Regular Wellness Visits, Support Services for Beating Breast Cancer
Mental Health
The Science Behind Kindness: How it Helps You
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Are Generic Medications Effective?
Prevention
What to Know About Male Breast Cancer
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Why and How to Boost Your Health Literacy
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Affordability
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Corewell Health Partner to Improve Health Care Quality, Affordability for Michigan Patients
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How Does the Menstrual Cycle Affect Mental Health?
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How Simple Acts of Kindness Can Be Good for Your Health
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