Independence Blue Cross Gears Up to Step Out

PHILADELPHIA, May 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In April, Independence
Blue Cross (IBC) marked the company's fifth-year presenting sponsorship
of Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes, the American Diabetes Association's
community fundraising event, by hosting a corporate kick off breakfast
for the region's business leaders. American Diabetes Association (ADA)
representatives and other guest speakers urged local executives to take
action against this growing health crisis where one in nine residents
in the Philadelphia region and 26 million people nationally are
afflicted by diabetes.