New Blue Cross® Blue Shield® Association study shows 31 percent received first dose by age 13

DES MOINES, IA (Feb. 8, 2018) – Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa has an 80-year history of providing individual and family health insurance plans for Iowans. Last year, we worked closely with the State of Iowa to pursue an innovative attempt to address the challenges of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) segment of the individual market through the Iowa Stopgap Measure.

Broad-spectrum antibiotics used to treat bacteria decline by five percent