April 12, 2001

Blue Cross can't use surplus for anti-smking campaign

Elizabeth Stawicki - Reporter

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The State Supreme Court is forcing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota to reconsider its plans for a massive anti-smoking campaign. The insurer proposed the campaign to spend down a surplus it ran up because of its 1998 settlement with the tobacco industry. The court didn't rule on the merits of the plan itself, but said the commerce commissioner had the authority to reject it. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports:

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