| Blue Cross insurance was the creation of
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| | country's largest healthcare provider.But
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| Justin Ford Kimball who, in 1929, devised
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| | Blue Cross and Blue Shield does much more
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| a plan to provide hospital care for
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| | than simply provide medical insurance
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| school teachers in Dallas. The plan
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| | cover on a group and individual basis.The
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| provided teachers with cover for up to
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| | Association is now also the administrator
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| twenty one days in hospitalization each
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| | for Social Security in a large number of
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| year for a premium of six dollars.From
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| | states and often provides group cover for
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| these humble beginnings the plan spread,
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| | state government employees and for
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| first throughout Dallas and other areas
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| | employees of the Federal government. As a
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| of Texas and then nationwide, providing
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| | result, officials within Blue Cross and
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| cover for employees across an ever
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| | Blue Shield work closely with government
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| widening range of employment.Just ten
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| | health policy makers at the very top
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| years after it was born the Blue Cross
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| | levels of government and the Association
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| symbol was adopted by the American
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| | plays a significant part in influencing
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| Hospital Association for plans that met
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| | the direction of government health
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| certain standards and this formal
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| | policy.It is amazing to think that a plan
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| recognition provided Blue Cross insurance
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| | originally devised simply to provide
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| with a springboard for further growth.In
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| | cover for hospital bills for a small
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| 1960 the growth in popularity of Blue
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| | group of school teachers in Dallas has
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| Cross was such that the Blue Cross
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| | now developed not only into a nationwide
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| Association superseded the American
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| | plan providing cover for just about
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| Hospital Association commission and some
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| | anything you can imagine from critical
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| twelve years later severed all ties with
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| | illness through long-term care,
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| the commission.Finally, in 1982, the Blue
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| | disability, life cover, dental cover,
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| Cross Association merged with the
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| | pharmacy cover and even cover for
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| National Association of Blue Shield Plans
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| | worldwide travel, but has also spawned an
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| and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield
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| | organization that is at the very heart of
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| Association we know today was formed.The
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| | the healthcare system of the United
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| Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is
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| | States.With such phenomenal growth in the
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| in effect a trade association for some
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| | past seventy five years and such a strong
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| thirty eight independent and locally, or
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| | position today one can only imagine that
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| regionally, operated Blue Cross and Blue
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| | Blue Cross and Blue Shield will continue
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| Shield Plans. These together provide
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| | to grow in the years ahead proving yet
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| cover throughout the United States, as
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| | more and more cover for an ever growing
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| well as in the Canadian province, for
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| | number of customers.To learn more about
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| millions of Americans (it is estimated
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| | Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Blue Cross
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| that one in three Americans now carry a
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| | insurance please visit Blue Cross
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| Blue Cross and Blue Shield card) and
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| | Insurance Today.
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| makes Blue Cross and Blue Shield the
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