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Tips for a Safe July 4th

BCBSIL Connect Team June 4, 2021

Celebrating the Fourth of July and the birth of our nation’s independence is the most anticipated holiday of summer. More than 300 million Americans will head to the beach, lounge by the pool, take in a parade, and of course, celebrate with fireworks...
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Opening Doors for Children Living With Asthma

BCBSIL Connect Team February 24, 2020

Hearing that a child has asthma can be scary for parents. But it gets even scarier when the children go to school. They spend five or more hours a day away from parents who can monitor their symptoms and know what to do to stop an asthma attack...
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Cancer and Pregnant: How One Mom Fought for Two

Connect: Stories February 4, 2020

Presented by: Sarah Degarmo Did you know it is possible to receive treatment for cancer while pregnant? I didn’t know that until I had to face it at age 34. I had no family history of breast cancer and absolutely no reason to think ...
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Be Covered Can Help You Understand Your Options

BCBSIL Connect Team December 17, 2019

Almost 1 million people in Illinois go without health insurance each year. As the largest insurer in Illinois, we know that one big reason many people go without is that they don’t understand what it means to their health and their w...
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Playworks Illinois is Getting in the Game

BCBSIL Connect Team December 16, 2019

Today, as adults, we have coffee breaks. Some kids have recess in school. Both serve similar purposes -- a time to take a break, walk away from your desk and mentally and physically reboot for the rest of the day. In Chicago, with the help of P...
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Learn What’s Growing With Windy City Harvest

BCBSIL Connect Team December 16, 2019

Harvesting Food and New Skills For three years, we’ve proudly supported Windy City Harvest (WCH). The organization grew out of the Chicago Botanical Gardens’ urban agriculture education and jobs-training initiative. It has...
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BCBSIL Program Takes on Childhood Asthma

BCBSIL Connect Team December 16, 2019

Through our company’s signature community program, the Healthy Kids, Healthy Families® (HKHF) initiative, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) works to improve community health. To determine the...
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Expanding Quality Health Care to Underserved Communities in Chicago’s Neighborhoods

BCBSIL Connect Team December 11, 2019

Esperanza Health Centers serves the city of Chicago’s southwest side and offers much needed health services to its residents. Families in Esperanza's service area experience significant economic, educational and health disparities. The ar...
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Mentoring Students to Achieve their Career Goals

BCBSIL Connect Team December 11, 2019

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has partnered with Instituto Del Progresso Latino to help launch the first ever Instituto Scholars Fund . The fund supports low-income students who are enrolled or graduated from Instituto looki...
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For Young Asthma Patients, Relief Arrives on Four Wheels

BCBSIL Connect Team December 11, 2019

Mobile care Chicago was created in 1998 to serve patients exactly like Angel Farias: children from low income families who otherwise might never be diagnosed with asthma or get the specialized care they need.
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Healthy Fruits and Veggies are Fueling Better Futures for Kids in Rockford

BCBSIL Connect Team December 11, 2019

It’s Harvest time. Leaves and temperatures are falling while local farms are prepping for next spring. One farm program in Rockford particularly catches our attention. It’s growing more than organic fruits and veggies — it’s a...
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Our Employees Go Red For Women

BCBSIL Connect Team December 10, 2019

Heart disease, it's not just a man's disease. In 2003, research revealed that heart disease was by far the No. 1 killer of women, and actually killed more women than men. One in three women dies of heart disease. It's more deadly than all f...
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Sharing with Chicago Public Schools Students: Math Skills = Jobs + Success

BCBSIL Connect Team December 10, 2019

Many students are notorious for thinking they won’t need math once they finish school, but inspired to be Blue Role Models, a group of HCSC and BCBSIL employees set out to prove them wrong. On Oct. 1, nearly 100 Chicago Public Schools jun...
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Mujeres Latinas en Accion Offers Health Education, Outreach for Underserved Chicago Latino Community

BCBSIL Connect Team December 10, 2019

Mujeres Latinas en Accion started in the early 1970s by a group of women in Chicago who realized the challenges facing Latina women as the city’s Latino, and largely immigrant, population continued to grow. Mujeres Latinas en Acci&oa...
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The ‘Ghostly’ (Hi)Story of Trick-or-Treating

BCBSIL Connect Team December 10, 2019

Do you have your bowl of Halloween candy ready for trick-or-treaters this year? Trick-or-treating is such a beloved Halloween tradition you would think it's been around forever. But you might be surprised to learn it’s actually a fairly new Ame....
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