Blue Cross spreads prepaid hospital care to rural America
The article traces the rise of group hospital insurance, led by Blue Cross plans, from urban roots to widespread rural adoption. It notes enrollment through banks, creameries, cooperatives, and farm organizations, with costs from seven to twenty four dollars a year and coverage including room, meals, nursing, and labs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross Hospital Service
Elmo Scott Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Blue Cross
American Hospital Association
John Q. Citizen
John Q
America
Hospital Service Plan Commission
Blue Cross Movement
Grange
Farm Bureau
Farmers’ Union
Minnesota
American Medical Association of
Becaue
United States
Hennepin County
Minnesota Farm Bureau
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau
Chicago
Lesson for May 14 Selected Scriptures
A concise note lists lesson for May 14 with subjects and scripture texts chosen by the International Council of Religious Education and used with permission. It indicates prepared materials for classroom use and permissions granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Courteil of Religious Education
Growth of Blue Cross coverage reaches 13 million in 1943
C Rufus Rorem reports that protection against hospital costs extended to over 13 million people in 1943 as 2.6 million more joined Blue Cross Plans in the United States and Canada. The program, coordinated by the Hospital Service Plan commission, spans 78 plans in 38 states and seven Canadian provinces, with family coverage rising from 37 percent in 1937 to 54 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Hillsdale County
Mich
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Iinois
Northern Illinois Hospital Service
Rotary, Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Women’s Clubs
Ptas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Blue Cross
Paul
Thessalonica
Christ
Christ the Saviour
Macedonia
Jesus
God
United States
Canada
C. Rufus Rorem
Hospital Service Plan Commission
Patterned frock with sailor collar and blousey lines
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1966 offers a launderable cotton frock with a sailor collar effect and bright trim options in blue linen or pastels. Sizes 11 through 19 available. yardage listed for 39-inch material and contrast for collar bow and cuffs. Also features a collarless cardigan look with striped neckline in rayon crepe or summer cottons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Home Crafts and Laundry Hacks for Everyday Care
Advice covers cleaning a clothesline, using starch on linoleum, storing small repair items, tape as a hem binder for raincoats, mending woolens with careful darns, using fancy pastry plates for gifts, removing tight glass stoppers, and choosing stair carpet lengths to extend wear. Practical tips emphasize neatness, reusability, and simple household fixes.
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North Carolina
FSA
Iowa
Wisconsin
New York State
I Thessalonians
Sis
Mother
Dad
Blue Cross Hospital Plan
Mone
Bib Lundquist
D. D. Bible Institute of ‘Chicago
Heutssed
Res ‘Western Newspaper Union
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Fleischmann
Kellogg’s
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