American Farm Families Adopt Blue Cross Hospital Plans
The piece details rapid rural spread of group prepaid hospital care under Blue Cross, highlighting Minnesota rural enrollment growth from 42 contracts to 6,200, and noting plans extend to Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and other states. It cites farmers, farm bureaus, banks, coops, and civic groups as enrollment channels with cost sharing through payroll deductions and farm-related associations. a New York case shows substantial savings under the plan.
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New York State
Blue Cross enrollment rises in 1943 amid wartime expansion
The report shows 2.6 million new enrollments across the United States and Canada, pushing total protection beyond 73 million. Excluded are 750,000 suspended contracts held by armed forces subscribers awaiting renewal after return to civilian life.
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Hospital Service Plan chases rising Blue Cross enrollments
Rufus Rorem, director of the Hospital Service Plan commission, coordinates policies for 73 Blue Cross Plans across 38 states and seven Canadian provinces. Family dependents enrolled grew from 37 percent in 1937 to 54 percent, showing increasing demand among employers and workers to protect their wives.
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