A real comfort with Elsie Cottrell

As we continue to celebrate 75 years in business, we recognize that it is our members – the Kansas residents and communities – who worked together to help build our company into what it is today.

This is particularly true for Elsie Cottrell, who has been a member of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas for all 75 years. Earlier this year, she invited us to her home in Meade, where she shared memories of the day in 1942 when Blue Cross came to town to sign people up for health insurance. Continue reading “A real comfort with Elsie Cottrell”

Improving Kansas communities – Dynamics Discs & Exploration Place

Kansas workers provide services and make things that improve life in our communities. They build equipment for safer neighborhoods. They inspire a deeper interest in learning, and create products for healthy fun with friends and neighbors.

Dynamic Discs and Exploration Place are two businesses featured in our latest commercial. Recently, they shared with us how the Emporia and Wichita communities played an important part in their establishments. Continue reading “Improving Kansas communities – Dynamics Discs & Exploration Place”

Try a healthy ingredient substitution: applesauce

Whether you’re baking for the holidays or making a birthday cake, there’s a good chance your recipe calls for ingredients like butter, shortening or oil. You probably realize that those ingredients are what keep your dish flavorful and moist, however, did you know you can cut most of those ingredients in half? Continue reading “Try a healthy ingredient substitution: applesauce”

The pharmacist’s recommendation – Your pharmacy matters

I used to fill prescriptions for a family who would literally drive across town to fill their prescriptions at my pharmacy. On their 20-mile round-trip journey, they would drive past five other pharmacies that could have filled their prescriptions. Why would they drive so far out of their way for medications when they could conveniently drive a few blocks? Continue reading “The pharmacist’s recommendation – Your pharmacy matters”