Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Issues Community Report for 2007

Report Details Support for Community Organizations

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthem Blue Cross and
Blue Shield donated more than $1.4 million to community organizations
throughout Maine in 2007. The health insurers' Maine-based charitable
activities are detailed in the recently released Maine Community Relations
Report - 2007. The report can be found online at
http://www.anthem.com/maine/communityreport.

"All associates at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield are committed to
improving the health of the people of Maine," said Dan Corcoran, Anthem
Maine president. "One of the ways we do this is by supporting those
community-based organizations that share our vision of a healthy Maine."

Among the larger gifts given in 2007 through the Anthem Blue Cross and
Blue Shield Foundation were:

-- $125,000 to the Healthy Community Coalition

-- $100,000 to restore the Back Cove Trail in Portland

-- $100,000 to set up an allied health services lab at Northern Maine
Community College

-- $100,000 to "Let's Go," a Greater Portland coalition focused on
kids' health

-- $90,000 (the fourth year of a five year grant) to help fund the
Miles for Smiles Mobile Dental Clinic

-- $80,000 to the Preble Street Resource Center

"In total, more than 70 Maine-based organizations received grants from
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield or our foundation, Corcoran said. "Just
as importantly, our associates volunteered thousands of hours of their own
time and made personal contributions to support many worthy community
organizations -- part of our commitment to improving the communities in
which we live and do business."



Funding priorities for 2008 will focus in the following areas:

1 - Kids and Obesity
2 - Adults and Obesity
3 - Cancer
4 - Uninsured Support
5 - Access to Care
6 - Heath Care Disparities

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is the trade name of Anthem Health
Plans of Maine, Inc., and an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and
Blue Shield Association. (R)ANTHEM is a registered trademark of Anthem
Insurance Companies, Inc. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield names and symbols
are registered marks of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
Additional information about Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine is
available at http://www.anthem.com.

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