About Us
Welcome to Health Care Service Corporation’s Advocacy and Election Center web site – Health Care at a Crossroads. This is an educational and advocacy action site focused on important federal issues facing HCSC and upcoming elections. Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) is the largest customer-owned health insurer in the United States and the fourth largest overall. We serve approximately 12.4 million members through our four Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Unique Perspective
As the largest customer-owned company, HCSC offers a unique perspective on health care policy issues. Because HCSC is not driven by Wall Street demands, we are able to take a long view on the critical health care issues facing our nation. Some of the solutions needed to make our health care system sustainable may require generations before they demonstrate a return on the investments that must be made today. As a company, we are making those investments. We believe our nation also must make similar commitments to control costs, improve access and enhance quality.
We advocate for greater investments in projects that address childhood obesity, health information technology, wellness and disease management programs, quality improvement initiatives and health care delivery system changes.
Whenever we are faced with a difficult decision at HCSC, we only have to ask one basic question: What is best for our members? We believe this customer-owned model is why we have operated successfully and served our members well for more than 70 years. We urge policymakers to take a long view toward bending the curve on rising health care costs and ask them to consider carefully the implications of their decisions as they continue to consider health care issues in future legislation.
Be Informed and Involved
We hope you remain informed on the important issues facing our country and we encourage you to be involved in the political process. This Web site - Health Care at a Crossroads - can help you do both. Visitors can have their voices heard by writing their Members of Congress to looking up their candidates running for election in upcoming elections.
Disclaimer
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) does not own this Web site and this site may contain links to other non-HCSC owned sites. This site and the links are provided to you as a convenience, HCSC is not responsible for the content or privacy practices used by the site owners. Please review the Legal Disclaimer and Privacy Statement and the Host's Privacy Policy associated with this site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by HCSC of the site.
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) does not own this Web site and this site may contain links to other non-HCSC owned sites. This site and the links are provided to you as a convenience, HCSC is not responsible for the content or privacy practices used by the site owners. Please review the Legal Disclaimer and Privacy Statement and the Host's Privacy Policy associated with this site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by HCSC of the site.