Hard numbers

This is why you need newspapers — The N&O cracks the code on the State Health Plan.

Blue Cross’ revenue exposes a serious miscalculation of plan costs. Roughly two-thirds of Blue Cross’ total revenue comes from a contract to administer a preferred provider organization plan. A financial consultant to the plan had underestimated Blue Cross’ annual revenue under the PPO contract by roughly $20 million, or more than 40 percent.