Blue Cross Hospital Plans Reach Rural America
The spread of Blue Cross prepaid hospital care moves from cities to farms through farm bureaus banks and cooperatives. Enrollment expands via family contracts with rates from seven to twelve dollars yearly, delivering access to hospital services with minimal out of pocket costs and selective regional hospital participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross Hospital Service
Grange
Farm Bureau
Farmers’ Union
Minnesota
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Farm Bureau Federation
Blue Cross
American Farm Bureau
Chicago
Hospital Blue Cross Plans and the Expectancy of Care
The piece outlines how Blue Cross Plans across 77 groups cover hospital bills in the United States and Canada. It notes one in three families faces a hospital bill annually and one in ten people go to a hospital each year. It highlights regional portability of coverage, a passport like ID card, prepayment benefits, and wartime efficiency from saving 2,000,000 man days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross
Minnesota
Ameri
Medical Association of State
Becaue
United States
Farm Bureau
Hennepin County
Minnesota Hospital Service Association of Non-Profit
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
North Carolina
FSA
America
Iowa
Wisconsin
New York State
Canada
American Hospital Association
Maine
New York
Virginia
Seaboard
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Blue Cross enrollment soars from 500000 to 14 million in seven years
By 1943 Blue Cross coverage reached over 13 million people in the United States and Canada with 2.6 million new enrollees, while 750,000 contracts were suspended for armed forces subscribers. C Rufus Rorem, Hospital Service Plan commission director, notes growing family dependents from 37 percent in 1937 to 54 percent, reflecting employer and employee interest in protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Tas
United States
Canada
Blue Cross
Lfe
C. Rufus Rorem
Hospital Service Plan Commission
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Hospital Association
John Q. Citizen
John Q
Hillsdale County
Mich
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Dlinois
Northern Tinois Hospital Service
Rotary
Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Women's Clubs
Ptas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sis
Dad
Blue Cross Hospital Plan
Tota
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