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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the biggest private <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">well being </del>insurance <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">method </del>in the United States (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which includes </del>Puerto Rico) and Canada. It is composed of 55 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that collectively offered <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">health </del>care coverage to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">more than [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Willowbrook-Baptist-Church/205176302848902 willowbrook.org] </del>88 million individuals in 2003.<br><br>For its beginnings we need to go back to 1929 to a man namedJustin Ford Kimball when he became vice president of Baylor University in Dallas, Texas. He was an <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">skilled </del>administrator, as he headed the College of Medicine, School of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and the university hospital.<br><br>Soon <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">following </del>taking the job, he developed a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wellness program </del>that guaranteed teachers 21 days of hospital care for 50 cents amonth. The program soon spread to other employee groups in Dallas, and then <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">related </del>plans began to crop up nation-wide.<br><br>Meanwhile, around the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exact </del>same time that Kimball was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">producing </del>his <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">strategy</del>, the Blue Shield <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">notion </del>was becoming well-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">known </del>in the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Significant </del>injuries and chronic illness had been <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">prevalent </del>amongst these workers who <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had been </del>in really hazardous and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">hazardous </del>jobs.<br><br>Their employers saw the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">need to have </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">offer </del>medical care for them and they arranged with physicians [http://www.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">straighttalklaw</del>.com/ <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">straighttalklaw.com</del>] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to spend them a monthly </del>fee to take care of the medical <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wants </del>of the workers. These programs would later turn <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">out to be </del>what is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">known </del>as the Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>As for the cross symbol, it was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">initial employed </del>in a 1934 advertisement for the Hospital Service Association, which later became identified as Blue <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.seniorhousingnet.com/ retliv.com] </del>Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.<br><br>Joseph Binder, a Viennese artist, was hired by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Company </del>secretary E.A. van Steenwyk to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">produce </del>a poster that included a blue Greek cross. Van Steenwyk <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">utilized </del>the symbol to determine his company's <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">health </del>plans and then Blue Cross began to use it in other parts of the country.<br><br>In 1939, the American Hospital Association, which was based in Chicago, began to use the Blue Cross symbol to indicate that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wellness </del>plans <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">around </del>the country met <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">specific </del>standards.<br><br>The AHA continued to use the symbol till 1960 when the Blue Cross Association was founded. The two organizations remained affiliated <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">till </del>1972.<br><br>The shield symbol was produced in Buffalo, New York by Carl Metzger in 1939 and the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1st </del>official Blue Shield <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">program </del>was founded in California that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very same </del>year. Carl Metzger was an early pioneer in the Blue movement and he wanted a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">design </del>that would distinguish the new medical service <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">strategy</del>.<br><br>It soon flourished as the number of Blue Shield Plans kept on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">growing</del>. In 1948 the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans known as the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Linked </del>Medical Care <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Program</del>, which was later renamed the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>More than the years, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare insurance ideas took hold. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was formed in 1982 by a merger of the Blue Cross Association and the National Association of Blue Shield Plans. When the Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations merged, their brand symbols also merged and became <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a single </del>of the most familiar symbols in America.<br><br>To show you how significant it has turn <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">out to be</del>, in 2003, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association took in $182.7 billion in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">revenue</del>. The evolution of managed <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">well being </del>care in the United States is intimately linked to the designs of Blue Cross-Blue Shield.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the biggest private <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wellness </ins>insurance <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">system </ins>in the United States (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">such as </ins>Puerto Rico) and Canada. It is composed of 55 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that collectively offered <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">well being </ins>care coverage to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">over </ins>88 million individuals in 2003.<br><br>For its beginnings we need <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to have </ins>to go back to 1929 to a man namedJustin Ford Kimball when he became vice president of Baylor University in Dallas, Texas. He was an <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">experienced </ins>administrator, as he headed the College of Medicine, School of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and the university hospital.<br><br>Soon <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">right after </ins>taking the job, he developed a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">well being plan </ins>that guaranteed teachers 21 days of hospital care for 50 cents amonth. The program soon spread to other employee groups in Dallas, and then <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">similar </ins>plans began to crop up nation-wide.<br><br>Meanwhile, around the same time that Kimball was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">generating </ins>his <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plan</ins>, the Blue Shield <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">concept </ins>was becoming well-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">liked </ins>in the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Serious </ins>injuries and chronic illness had been <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">frequent </ins>amongst these workers who <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">were </ins>in really hazardous and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">unsafe </ins>jobs.<br><br>Their employers saw the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">want </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">supply </ins>medical care for them and they arranged with physicians <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to pay them a monthly </ins>[http://www.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">seniorhousingnet</ins>.com/ <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">retirement communities independent living</ins>] fee to take care of the medical <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">needs </ins>of the workers. These programs would later turn <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">into </ins>what is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">identified </ins>as the Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>As for the cross symbol, it was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1st used </ins>in a 1934 advertisement for the Hospital Service Association, which later became identified as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.<br><br>Joseph Binder, a Viennese artist, was hired by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Firm </ins>secretary E.A. van Steenwyk to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">create </ins>a poster that included a blue Greek cross. Van Steenwyk <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">used </ins>the symbol to determine his company's <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wellness </ins>plans and then Blue Cross began to use it in other parts of the country.<br><br>In 1939, the American Hospital Association, which was based in Chicago, began to use the Blue Cross symbol to indicate that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">health </ins>plans <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">about </ins>the country met <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">certain </ins>standards.<br><br>The AHA continued to use the symbol till 1960 when the Blue Cross Association was founded. The two organizations remained affiliated <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">until </ins>1972.<br><br>The shield symbol was produced in Buffalo, New York by Carl Metzger in 1939 and the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very first </ins>official Blue Shield <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plan </ins>was founded in California that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">identical </ins>year. Carl Metzger was an early pioneer in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://beonpage1blog.com/2010/10/a-total-ninja-trick-to-put-google-under-your-control/ beonpage1blog.com] </ins>Blue movement and he wanted a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">style </ins>that would distinguish the new medical service <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">program</ins>.<br><br>It soon flourished as the number of Blue Shield Plans kept on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">expanding</ins>. In 1948 the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans known as the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Connected </ins>Medical Care <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Plan</ins>, which was later renamed the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>More than the years, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare insurance ideas took hold. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was formed in 1982 by a merger of the Blue Cross Association and the National Association of Blue Shield Plans. When the Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations merged, their brand symbols also merged and became <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">one particular </ins>of the most familiar symbols in America.<br><br>To show you how significant it has turn <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">into</ins>, in 2003, the Blue <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.reversemortgage360.com/ reversemortgage360.com] </ins>Cross and Blue Shield Association took in $182.7 billion in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">income</ins>. The evolution of managed <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wellness </ins>care in the United States is intimately linked to the designs of Blue Cross-Blue Shield.</div></td></tr>
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The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">strategy </del>soon spread to other employee groups in Dallas, and then <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">similar </del>plans began to crop up nation-wide.<br><br>Meanwhile, around the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very </del>same time that Kimball was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">generating </del>his <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plan</del>, the Blue Shield <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">concept </del>was becoming <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">popular </del>in the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Serious </del>injuries and chronic illness had been <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">frequent among </del>these workers who had been in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very </del>hazardous and hazardous jobs.<br><br>Their employers saw the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">want </del>to offer medical care for them and they arranged with physicians to spend them a monthly fee to take care of the medical <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">requirements </del>of the workers. These programs would later <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">become </del>what is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">recognized </del>as the Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>As for the cross symbol, it was initial <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">utilised </del>in a 1934 advertisement for the Hospital Service Association, which later became <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">recognized </del>as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.<br><br>Joseph Binder, a Viennese artist, was hired by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Organization </del>secretary E.A. van Steenwyk to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">create </del>a poster that included a blue Greek cross. Van Steenwyk <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">employed </del>the symbol to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">identify </del>his company's <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">well being </del>plans and then Blue Cross began to use it in other parts of the country.<br><br>In 1939, the American Hospital Association, which was based in Chicago, began to use the Blue Cross symbol to indicate that wellness plans <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">about </del>the country met specific standards.<br><br>The AHA continued to use the symbol till 1960 when the Blue Cross Association was founded. The two organizations remained affiliated <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">until </del>1972.<br><br>The shield symbol was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">designed </del>in Buffalo, New York by Carl Metzger in 1939 and the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very first </del>official Blue Shield <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">strategy </del>was founded in California that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exact </del>same year. Carl Metzger was an early pioneer in the Blue movement and he wanted a design that would distinguish the new medical service strategy.<br><br>It soon flourished as the number of Blue Shield Plans kept on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">expanding</del>. In 1948 the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">called </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.seniorhousingnet.com/ retliv.com] Related </del>Medical Care <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Plan</del>, which was later renamed the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.<br><br><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Over </del>the years, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare insurance ideas took hold. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was formed in 1982 by a merger of the Blue Cross Association and the National Association of Blue Shield Plans. When the Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations merged, their brand symbols also merged and became a single of the most familiar symbols in America.<br><br>To show you how <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">big </del>it has <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">become</del>, in 2003, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association took in $182.7 billion in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">income</del>. The evolution of managed <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wellness </del>care in the United States is intimately linked to the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">styles </del>of Blue Cross-Blue Shield.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the biggest private well being insurance <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">method </ins>in the United States (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which includes </ins>Puerto Rico) and Canada. It is composed of 55 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that collectively <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">offered </ins>health care coverage to more than <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Willowbrook-Baptist-Church/205176302848902 willowbrook.org] </ins>88 million <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">individuals </ins>in 2003.<br><br>For its beginnings we need to go back to 1929 to a man namedJustin Ford Kimball when he became vice president of Baylor University in Dallas, Texas. He was an <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">skilled </ins>administrator, as he headed the College of Medicine, School of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and the university hospital.<br><br>Soon <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">following </ins>taking the job, he <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">developed </ins>a wellness <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">program </ins>that guaranteed teachers 21 days of hospital care for 50 cents amonth. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">program </ins>soon spread to other employee groups in Dallas, and then <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">related </ins>plans began to crop up nation-wide.<br><br>Meanwhile, around the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exact </ins>same time that Kimball was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">producing </ins>his <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">strategy</ins>, the Blue Shield <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">notion </ins>was becoming <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">well-known </ins>in the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Significant </ins>injuries and chronic illness had been <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">prevalent amongst </ins>these workers who had been in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">really </ins>hazardous and hazardous jobs.<br><br>Their employers saw the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">need to have </ins>to offer medical care for them and they arranged with physicians <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.straighttalklaw.com/ straighttalklaw.com] </ins>to spend them a monthly fee to take care of the medical <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wants </ins>of the workers. These programs would later <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">turn out to be </ins>what is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">known </ins>as the Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>As for the cross symbol, it was initial <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">employed </ins>in a 1934 advertisement for the Hospital Service Association, which later became <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">identified </ins>as Blue <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.seniorhousingnet.com/ retliv.com] </ins>Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.<br><br>Joseph Binder, a Viennese artist, was hired by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Company </ins>secretary E.A. van Steenwyk to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">produce </ins>a poster that included a blue Greek cross. Van Steenwyk <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">utilized </ins>the symbol to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">determine </ins>his company's <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">health </ins>plans and then Blue Cross began to use it in other parts of the country.<br><br>In 1939, the American Hospital Association, which was based in Chicago, began to use the Blue Cross symbol to indicate that wellness plans <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">around </ins>the country met specific standards.<br><br>The AHA continued to use the symbol till 1960 when the Blue Cross Association was founded. The two organizations remained affiliated <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">till </ins>1972.<br><br>The shield symbol was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">produced </ins>in Buffalo, New York by Carl Metzger in 1939 and the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1st </ins>official Blue Shield <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">program </ins>was founded in California that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very </ins>same year. Carl Metzger was an early pioneer in the Blue movement and he wanted a design that would distinguish the new medical service strategy.<br><br>It soon flourished as the number of Blue Shield Plans kept on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">growing</ins>. In 1948 the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">known as </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Linked </ins>Medical Care <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Program</ins>, which was later renamed the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.<br><br><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">More than </ins>the years, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare insurance ideas took hold. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was formed in 1982 by a merger of the Blue Cross Association and the National Association of Blue Shield Plans. When the Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations merged, their brand symbols also merged and became a single of the most familiar symbols in America.<br><br>To show you how <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">significant </ins>it has <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">turn out to be</ins>, in 2003, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association took in $182.7 billion in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">revenue</ins>. The evolution of managed <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">well being </ins>care in the United States is intimately linked to the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">designs </ins>of Blue Cross-Blue Shield.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the biggest private well being insurance <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">method </del>in the United States (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">such as </del>Puerto Rico) and Canada. It is composed of 55 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that collectively provided <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">well being </del>care coverage to more than 88 million <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">individuals </del>in 2003.<br><br>For its beginnings we need to go back to 1929 to a man namedJustin Ford Kimball when he became vice president of Baylor University in Dallas, Texas. He was an <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">skilled </del>administrator, as he headed the College of Medicine, School of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and the university hospital.<br><br>Soon after taking the job, he <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">developed </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">well being </del>strategy that guaranteed teachers 21 days of hospital care for 50 cents amonth. The strategy soon spread to other employee groups in Dallas, and then <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">related </del>plans began to crop up nation-wide.<br><br>Meanwhile, around the very same time that Kimball was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">making </del>his <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">program</del>, the Blue Shield concept was becoming popular in the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Severe </del>injuries and chronic illness <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">were common amongst </del>these workers who <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">were </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">really </del>hazardous and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dangerous </del>jobs.<br><br>Their employers saw the want to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">supply </del>medical care for them and they arranged with physicians to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pay </del>them a monthly fee to take care of the medical <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">needs </del>of the workers. These programs would later become what is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">known </del>as the Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>As for the cross symbol, it was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1st </del>utilised in a 1934 advertisement for the Hospital Service Association, which later became recognized as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.<br><br>Joseph Binder, a Viennese artist, was hired by Organization secretary E.A. van Steenwyk to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">generate </del>a poster that included a blue Greek cross. Van Steenwyk <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">utilized </del>the symbol to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">determine </del>his company's well being plans and then Blue Cross began to use it in other parts of the country.<br><br>In 1939, the American Hospital Association, which was based in Chicago, began to use the Blue Cross symbol to indicate that wellness plans <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">around </del>the country met <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">certain </del>standards.<br><br>The AHA continued to use the symbol <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">until </del>1960 when the Blue Cross Association was founded. The two organizations remained affiliated until 1972.<br><br>The shield symbol was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">created </del>in Buffalo, New York by Carl Metzger in 1939 and the very first official Blue Shield <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plan </del>was founded in California that same year. Carl Metzger was an early pioneer in the Blue movement and he wanted a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.commercialpropertyadvisors.com/ commercialpropertyadvisors.com] </del>design that would distinguish the new medical service <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plan</del>.<br><br>It soon flourished as the number of Blue Shield Plans kept on expanding. In 1948 the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">referred to as </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Associated </del>Medical Care <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Strategy</del>, which was later renamed the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>Over the years, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare insurance ideas took hold. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was formed in 1982 by a merger of the Blue Cross Association and the National Association of Blue Shield Plans. When the Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations merged, their brand symbols also merged and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.bedbugbully.com/ bedbugbully.com] </del>became <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1 </del>of the most familiar symbols in America.<br><br>To show you how big it has become, in 2003, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association took <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://ucc-usa.org/ user generated content] </del>in $182.7 billion in income. The evolution of managed wellness care in the United States is intimately linked to the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">designs </del>of Blue Cross-Blue Shield.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The Blue Cross and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.squidoo.com/seattle-car-accident-attorney plg-pllc.com] </ins>Blue Shield Association is the biggest private well being insurance <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">program </ins>in the United States (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">including </ins>Puerto Rico) and Canada. It is composed of 55 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that collectively provided <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">health </ins>care coverage to more than 88 million <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">folks </ins>in 2003.<br><br>For its beginnings we need <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to have </ins>to go back to 1929 to a man namedJustin Ford Kimball when he became vice president of Baylor University in Dallas, Texas. He was an <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">experienced </ins>administrator, as he headed the College of Medicine, School of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://tonerrefillkits.com/ toner] </ins>the university hospital.<br><br>Soon <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">soon </ins>after taking the job, he <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">created </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wellness </ins>strategy that guaranteed teachers 21 days of hospital care for 50 cents amonth. The strategy soon spread to other employee groups in Dallas, and then <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">similar </ins>plans began to crop up nation-wide.<br><br>Meanwhile, around the very same time that Kimball was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">generating </ins>his <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plan</ins>, the Blue Shield concept was becoming popular in the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Serious </ins>injuries and chronic illness <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had been frequent among </ins>these workers who <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had been </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very </ins>hazardous and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">hazardous </ins>jobs.<br><br>Their employers saw the want to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">offer </ins>medical care for them and they arranged with physicians to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">spend </ins>them a monthly fee to take care of the medical <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">requirements </ins>of the workers. These programs would later become what is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">recognized </ins>as the Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>As for the cross symbol, it was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">initial </ins>utilised in a 1934 advertisement for the Hospital Service Association, which later became recognized as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.<br><br>Joseph Binder, a Viennese artist, was hired by Organization secretary E.A. van Steenwyk to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">create </ins>a poster that included a blue Greek cross. Van Steenwyk <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">employed </ins>the symbol to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">identify </ins>his company's well being plans and then Blue Cross began to use it in other parts of the country.<br><br>In 1939, the American Hospital Association, which was based in Chicago, began to use the Blue Cross symbol to indicate that wellness plans <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">about </ins>the country met <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">specific </ins>standards.<br><br>The AHA continued to use the symbol <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">till </ins>1960 when the Blue Cross Association was founded. The two organizations remained affiliated until 1972.<br><br>The shield symbol was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">designed </ins>in Buffalo, New York by Carl Metzger in 1939 and the very first official Blue Shield <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">strategy </ins>was founded in California that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exact </ins>same year. Carl Metzger was an early pioneer in the Blue movement and he wanted a design that would distinguish the new medical service <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">strategy</ins>.<br><br>It soon flourished as the number of Blue Shield Plans kept on expanding. In 1948 the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">called </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.seniorhousingnet.com/ retliv.com] Related </ins>Medical Care <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Plan</ins>, which was later renamed the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>Over the years, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare insurance ideas took hold. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was formed in 1982 by a merger of the Blue Cross Association and the National Association of Blue Shield Plans. When the Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations merged, their brand symbols also merged and became <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a single </ins>of the most familiar symbols in America.<br><br>To show you how big it has become, in 2003, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association took in $182.7 billion in income. The evolution of managed wellness care in the United States is intimately linked to the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">styles </ins>of Blue Cross-Blue Shield.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the biggest private well being insurance <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">program </del>in the United States (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">including </del>Puerto Rico) and Canada. It is composed of 55 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that collectively <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">offered wellness </del>care coverage to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">over </del>88 million <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">men and women </del>in 2003.<br><br>For its beginnings we <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">want </del>to go back to 1929 to a man namedJustin Ford Kimball when he became vice president of Baylor University in Dallas, Texas. He was an <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">knowledgeable </del>administrator, as he headed the College of Medicine, School of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and the university hospital.<br><br>Soon <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">following </del>taking the job, he developed a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wellness </del>strategy that guaranteed teachers 21 days of hospital care for 50 cents amonth. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plan </del>soon spread to other employee groups in Dallas, and then <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comparable </del>plans began to crop up nation-wide.<br><br>Meanwhile, around the very same time that Kimball was making his program, the Blue Shield concept was becoming popular in the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Serious </del>injuries and chronic illness were <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">typical </del>amongst these workers who were in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">quite </del>hazardous and dangerous jobs.<br><br>Their employers saw the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">need </del>to supply medical care for them and they arranged with physicians to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">spend </del>them a monthly fee to take care of the medical <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">demands </del>of the workers. These programs would later <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">grow to be </del>what is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">identified </del>as the Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>As for the cross symbol, it was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very first used </del>in a 1934 advertisement for the Hospital Service Association, which later became <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">identified </del>as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.<br><br>Joseph Binder, a Viennese artist, was hired by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Business </del>secretary E.A. van Steenwyk to generate a poster that included a blue Greek cross. Van Steenwyk <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">employed </del>the symbol to determine his company's <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wellness </del>plans and then Blue Cross began to use it in other parts of the country.<br><br>In 1939, the American <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://knol.google.com/k/jennifer-washburn/get-ready-for-spa-week/1znh9x2olk276/8 eastsidebodyandskin.com] </del>Hospital Association, which was based in Chicago, began to use the Blue Cross symbol to indicate that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">health </del>plans around the country met <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">particular </del>standards.<br><br>The AHA continued to use the symbol until 1960 when the Blue Cross Association was founded. The two organizations remained affiliated until 1972.<br><br>The shield symbol was created in Buffalo, New York by Carl Metzger in 1939 and the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">initial </del>official Blue Shield <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">strategy </del>was founded <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.egahealthinsurance.com/ blue cross blue shield of georgia] </del>in California that same year. Carl Metzger was an early pioneer in the Blue movement and he wanted a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">style </del>that would distinguish the new medical service <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">strategy</del>.<br><br>It soon flourished as the number of Blue Shield Plans kept on expanding. In 1948 the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">known </del>as the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Connected </del>Medical Care <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Program</del>, which was later renamed the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.<br><br><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">More than </del>the years, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare insurance ideas took hold. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was formed in 1982 by a merger of the Blue <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.eastsidebodyandskin.com/services/eyelash-extensions.php eastsidebodyandskin.com] </del>Cross Association and the National Association of Blue Shield Plans. When the Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations merged, their brand symbols also merged and became <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">one particular </del>of the most familiar symbols in America.<br><br>To show you how <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">large </del>it has <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">grow to be</del>, in 2003, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association took in $182.7 billion in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">revenue</del>. The evolution of managed <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">well being </del>care in the United States is intimately linked to the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">styles </del>of Blue Cross-Blue Shield.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the biggest private well being insurance <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">method </ins>in the United States (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">such as </ins>Puerto Rico) and Canada. It is composed of 55 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that collectively <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">provided well being </ins>care coverage to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">more than </ins>88 million <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">individuals </ins>in 2003.<br><br>For its beginnings we <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">need </ins>to go back to 1929 to a man namedJustin Ford Kimball when he became vice president of Baylor University in Dallas, Texas. He was an <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">skilled </ins>administrator, as he headed the College of Medicine, School of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and the university hospital.<br><br>Soon <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">after </ins>taking the job, he developed a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">well being </ins>strategy that guaranteed teachers 21 days of hospital care for 50 cents amonth. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">strategy </ins>soon spread to other employee groups in Dallas, and then <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">related </ins>plans began to crop up nation-wide.<br><br>Meanwhile, around the very same time that Kimball was making his program, the Blue Shield concept was becoming popular in the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Severe </ins>injuries and chronic illness were <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">common </ins>amongst these workers who were in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">really </ins>hazardous and dangerous jobs.<br><br>Their employers saw the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">want </ins>to supply medical care for them and they arranged with physicians to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pay </ins>them a monthly fee to take care of the medical <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">needs </ins>of the workers. These programs would later <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">become </ins>what is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">known </ins>as the Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>As for the cross symbol, it was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1st utilised </ins>in a 1934 advertisement for the Hospital Service Association, which later became <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">recognized </ins>as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.<br><br>Joseph Binder, a Viennese artist, was hired by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Organization </ins>secretary E.A. van Steenwyk to generate a poster that included a blue Greek cross. Van Steenwyk <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">utilized </ins>the symbol to determine his company's <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">well being </ins>plans and then Blue Cross began to use it in other parts of the country.<br><br>In 1939, the American Hospital Association, which was based in Chicago, began to use the Blue Cross symbol to indicate that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wellness </ins>plans around the country met <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">certain </ins>standards.<br><br>The AHA continued to use the symbol until 1960 when the Blue Cross Association was founded. The two organizations remained affiliated until 1972.<br><br>The shield symbol was created in Buffalo, New York by Carl Metzger in 1939 and the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very first </ins>official Blue Shield <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plan </ins>was founded in California that same year. Carl Metzger was an early pioneer in the Blue movement and he wanted a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.commercialpropertyadvisors.com/ commercialpropertyadvisors.com] design </ins>that would distinguish the new medical service <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plan</ins>.<br><br>It soon flourished as the number of Blue Shield Plans kept on expanding. In 1948 the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">referred to </ins>as the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Associated </ins>Medical Care <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Strategy</ins>, which was later renamed the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.<br><br><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Over </ins>the years, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare insurance ideas took hold. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was formed in 1982 by a merger of the Blue Cross Association and the National Association of Blue Shield Plans. When the Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations merged, their brand symbols also merged and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.bedbugbully.com/ bedbugbully.com] </ins>became <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1 </ins>of the most familiar symbols in America.<br><br>To show you how <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">big </ins>it has <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">become</ins>, in 2003, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association took <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://ucc-usa.org/ user generated content] </ins>in $182.7 billion in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">income</ins>. The evolution of managed <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wellness </ins>care in the United States is intimately linked to the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">designs </ins>of Blue Cross-Blue Shield.</div></td></tr>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the biggest private well being insurance program in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada. It is composed of 55 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that collectively offered wellness care coverage to over 88 million men and women in 2003.<br><br>For its beginnings we want to go back to 1929 to a man namedJustin Ford Kimball when he became vice president of Baylor University in Dallas, Texas. He was an knowledgeable administrator, as he headed the College of Medicine, School of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and the university hospital.<br><br>Soon following taking the job, he developed a wellness strategy that guaranteed teachers 21 days of hospital care for 50 cents amonth. The plan soon spread to other employee groups in Dallas, and then comparable plans began to crop up nation-wide.<br><br>Meanwhile, around the very same time that Kimball was making his program, the Blue Shield concept was becoming popular in the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. Serious injuries and chronic illness were typical amongst these workers who were in quite hazardous and dangerous jobs.<br><br>Their employers saw the need to supply medical care for them and they arranged with physicians to spend them a monthly fee to take care of the medical demands of the workers. These programs would later grow to be what is identified as the Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>As for the cross symbol, it was very first used in a 1934 advertisement for the Hospital Service Association, which later became identified as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.<br><br>Joseph Binder, a Viennese artist, was hired by Business secretary E.A. van Steenwyk to generate a poster that included a blue Greek cross. Van Steenwyk employed the symbol to determine his company's wellness plans and then Blue Cross began to use it in other parts of the country.<br><br>In 1939, the American [http://knol.google.com/k/jennifer-washburn/get-ready-for-spa-week/1znh9x2olk276/8 eastsidebodyandskin.com] Hospital Association, which was based in Chicago, began to use the Blue Cross symbol to indicate that health plans around the country met particular standards.<br><br>The AHA continued to use the symbol until 1960 when the Blue Cross Association was founded. The two organizations remained affiliated until 1972.<br><br>The shield symbol was created in Buffalo, New York by Carl Metzger in 1939 and the initial official Blue Shield strategy was founded [http://www.egahealthinsurance.com/ blue cross blue shield of georgia] in California that same year. Carl Metzger was an early pioneer in the Blue movement and he wanted a style that would distinguish the new medical service strategy.<br><br>It soon flourished as the number of Blue Shield Plans kept on expanding. In 1948 the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans known as the Connected Medical Care Program, which was later renamed the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.<br><br>More than the years, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare insurance ideas took hold. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was formed in 1982 by a merger of the Blue [http://www.eastsidebodyandskin.com/services/eyelash-extensions.php eastsidebodyandskin.com] Cross Association and the National Association of Blue Shield Plans. When the Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations merged, their brand symbols also merged and became one particular of the most familiar symbols in America.<br><br>To show you how large it has grow to be, in 2003, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association took in $182.7 billion in revenue. The evolution of managed well being care in the United States is intimately linked to the styles of Blue Cross-Blue Shield.</div>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:45:33 GMTBrookeAgar8977http://beta.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:The_Blue_Cross_Story