Walgreens To Remain in Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City Pharmacy Network

Kansas City, MO October 14, 2011

For Immediate Release
Contact:
Susan M. Johnson
816.395.3566
Susan.Johnson@BlueKC.com

KANSAS CITY, MO, October 14, 2011–Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City today announced that Walgreens has entered into an agreement with Express Scripts for Walgreens to continue to be a participating provider in Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City's prescription drug program as of January 1, 2012.

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, the largest not-for-profit health insurer in Missouri and the only not-for-profit commercial health insurer in Kansas City, has been part of the Kansas City community since 1938. Blue KC provides health coverage services to nearly one million residents in the greater Kansas City area, including Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas and 30 counties in Northwest Missouri. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. For more information on the company, visit its website at www.BlueKC.com. Our mission: to use our role as the area's leading health insurer to provide affordable access to health care and to improve the health and wellness of our members.