In this list, I couldn’t find a single for profit BCBS licensee
other than Elevance.
Keep in mind Anthem/Elevance absorbed a bunch of licensees. So, for instance, Empire BCBS was for-profit but as of 2024 is part of Elevance.At a quick glance Highmark and Wellmark are for-profit. And I believe the South Carolina licensee is as well. Mind you a few of the "non-profit" BCBS licensees have been sued over claims that they ought not be considered not-for-profit.
Highmark is non profit:
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/821...
Wellmark is a mutual insurance company (profits go back to policyholders, seems not comparable to a for profit insurance business, and for this discussion, is not going to have a profit margin that results in higher costs to policyholders):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellmark_Blue_Cross_Blue_Shiel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_insurance
>Mind you a few of the "non-profit" BCBS licensees have been sued over claims that they ought not be considered not-for-profit.
I see no successful lawsuits, though. Still seems like Elevance is the only for profit BCBS licensee.
>In 2014, BC/BS of Illinois (Health Care Service Corporation) was sued over its nonprofit status. The lawsuit was dismissed, with prejudice, and the dismissal ruling was upheld on appeal.[62] Similar suits occurred with similar results in other states such as Oregon.[63]