Blue Cross NC, a Durham-based insurance company that has long administered North Carolina’s State Health Plan, filed a protest Thursday appealing the state’s decision to replace it with Aetna.

Blue Cross NC has yet to comment on the rejection of their protest. Aetna released the following statement in response to Friday’s news that the protests were rejected by the state: ...

RALEIGH. Aetna is slated to take over Jan. 1, 2025, as the third-party administrator for the State Health Plan from Blue Cross NC, which held that role for more than 40 years.

Blue Cross, the state’s ... The Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance logo. By Associated Press. ... The plan’s board of trustees voted last month to replace Blue Cross with Aetna starting in 2025.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC said Thursday it has submitted — as expected — a formal protest of the State Health Plan’s decision to award the 2025-2027 contract for ...

The plan’s trustee board in late 2022 chose Aetna over Blue Cross and a unit of United Healthcare, which also competed. The initial three-year contract with Aetna is to begin in January 2025.