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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is offering buyouts to employees as it targets hundreds of millions of dollars in administrative cuts, the Detroit Free Press reported Jan. 21. 

Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield will lay off about 75 employees, Arkansas Business reported Jan. 9. 

Seven insurers or their subsidiaries were ranked among FlexJobs' top 100 companies offering the most remote positions in 2025. 

32 payers have been ranked by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for their inclusivity toward LGBTQ employees.

Aetna is laying off 164 remote employees "due to an unexpected loss of contract in Kansas."

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri is downsizing office space in St. Louis, the St. Louis Business Journal reported Dec. 6.

CVS Health will lay off 42 additional employees at Aetna's headquarters in Hartford, Conn, after laying off hundreds of employees earlier this year. 

WPS Health Solutions is laying off 313 employees in Wisconsin due to competitive pressures and federal contract losses.

A federal jury has ordered Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to pay nearly $13 million in damages to a former employee who said she was wrongfully terminated for refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Independence Blue Cross is laying off about 130 employees, or 3% of its total workforce of 4,600.