 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Bidder: Insurance co-ops still unfair; HealthPartners says Blue Cross keeps upper hand.(BUSINESS)
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Byline: Glenn Howatt; Staff Writer
The purchasing pools that buy health insurance for hundreds of Minnesota school districts and local governments still are favoring Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, according to rival insurance provider HealthPartners.
In June, Minnesota state Auditor Pat Anderson said that eight regional service cooperatives, created to save local governments money on everything from paper clips to employee benefits, were spending too much on health insurance because of their "cozy and tangled relationship" with Blue Cross.
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