As an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association , WellPoint serves members as the Blue Cross licensee for California ; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado , Connecticut , Georgia , Indiana , Kentucky , Maine , Missouri ( excluding 30 counties in the Kansas City area ) , Nevada , New Hampshire , New York ( as the Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in 10 New York City metropolitan and surrounding counties and as the Blue Cross or Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in selected upstate counties only ) , Ohio , Virginia ( excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington , D.C. ) , Wisconsin ; and � � through UniCare .