NU Online News Service, Aug. 21, 1:16 p.m. – The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago, has awarded Swiss Medical S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina, the rights to use the Blue Cross and Blue Shield names and trademarks in Uruguay.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Delaware, Wilmington, Del., started a small Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan in Uruguay in 1994, but it recently sold the plan to Swiss Medical.