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<\/a>Are you a resident of the Charlotte or Gaston area? If you live in\u00a0the Charlotte or Gaston region\u00a0you might be eligible\u00a0to enroll in\u00a0Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC\u2019s new product, Blue Local with Carolinas HealthCare System<\/strong>, during the 2015 Open Enrollment. This new product will be available both on and off the NC Health Insurance Marketplace to individual health care consumers under the age of 65<\/a> in the following counties: Anson, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union County<\/em>. If you are not a resident of one of these counties you will not be eligible to enroll in a Blue Local plan. Blue Local coverage can begin as early as January 1, 2015.<\/p>\nSo, what are the benefits of enrolling in a Blue Local plan?\u00a0Eligible health insurance consumers can potentially pay a lower premium by\u00a0enrolling in this new point-of-service product with a limited, system-centric network. BCBSNC hopes this product will appeal to consumers in the Charlotte and Gaston regions who are comfortable receiving their care within the Carolinas HealthCare System and its affiliated providers. Members of Blue Local will benefit from this product by receiving high-quality, integrated health care and care coordination within the Carolina HealthCare System and its affiliated providers.<\/p>\n
The Blue Local network will be comprised mainly of physicians and facilities that are already affiliated with the Carolinas HealthCare system. However, other in-network providers have been added to ensure accessibility to all types of providers and specialty care.\u00a0 As with any plan, it is important for consumers to be aware of which hospitals and providers are in network with the Blue Local product.<\/p>\n
For more information on Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina health insurance coverage, the Marketplace and healthcare gov <\/a>if you qualify for a subsidy, please visit our website at www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our experienced and professional agents.\u00a0 Let us help you navigate through the Health Care Reform changes in accordance with the new regulations of The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obama care<\/a>.<\/p>\n Blue Local with Carolinas HealthCare System Are you a resident of the Charlotte or Gaston area? If you live in\u00a0the Charlotte or Gaston region\u00a0you might be eligible\u00a0to enroll in\u00a0Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC\u2019s new product, Blue Local with Carolinas HealthCare System, during the 2015 Open Enrollment. This new product will be available both on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,675],"tags":[152,825,676],"class_list":["post-5292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bcbsnc-insurance","category-blue-local","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-nc","tag-blue-local","tag-carolina-healthcare-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5292"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9269,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292\/revisions\/9269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"