Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont

Drawing on extensive company archives, this first complete history of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield system tells the story of America's largest and oldest health care insurer, from its beginnings in the 1930s to the turbulent 1990s. Often regarded as uniquely American because of its grass-roots organization, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield system is a network of independent, locally operated insurance companies whose growth has fluctuated with broader economic, social, and political changes and with the national search for cost-effective health care.

2 cassettes / 3 hours Read by the Author!! "I'm always reminding people that the one constant you can count on is that things happen--and usually when you're not in the mood for them." It's now a proven medical fact that good humor reduces the negative effects of stress. Over the course of twenty years, millions of people have learned this lesson while being entertained and enlightened by Loretta LaRoche in one of her enormously popular series of lectures given in public seminars; in corporate environments for clients like IBM, Reebok, Fidel-ity Investments, and Blue Cross, Blue Shield; and most recently in nationwide broadcasts on public television. Now she puts her sensible, sensational philosophy on paper--and gives readers the tools they need to laugh themselves to less stress and better health. "One night I greeted Bob at the door wearing nothing but his wing-tipped shoes. I was laughing hysterically about how I looked. Bob didn't crack a smile. Instead, he bellowed, 'What are the neighbors going to think?' " 'I don't know, ' I replied, 'I haven't shown them yet.'" Loretta LaRoche has been called "the Erma Bombeck of stress reduction"--and in the helpful and hilarious pages of this book, her enormous talent for finding the funny detail to defuse even the most difficult situation has never been sharper. "Buy something silly and wear it. A Groucho Marx nose, mustache, and glasses are my favorite. When the stress seems unbearable, when you've really reached the limits of your endurance, go into a bathroom, look into the mirror, put on your glasses, and ask yourself, 'How serious is this?'" Relax--You May Only Have a Few Minutes Left is filled withpractical exercises, hilarious anecdotes, and specific advice for coming to terms with today's ever-increasing stress levels--it is a remedy for anxiety and a prescription for laughter. "Most of us don't realize what an impact we have on the world around us.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association - The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the national trade organization that links 40 independent regional health insurance companies in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada. Based in Chicago, Illinois, it was formed in the 1982 merger of the Blue Cross Association and the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.

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