NU Online News Service, Oct. 30, 1:40 p.m. – Blue Cross of California, Thousand Oaks, Calif., today introduced a new individual and family short-term preferred provider organization plan offered through its affiliate, BC Life & Health Insurance Company.
The company says it is offering the plan as an option for those seeking immediate temporary health coverage or as interim coverage for those waiting for an individual policy to be issued.
The company hopes this type of plan will appeal to displaced or transitional employees, recent college graduates and others temporarily without insurance or waiting for permanent coverage.