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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the largest private &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;well being &lt;/del&gt;insurance &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;method &lt;/del&gt;in the United States (like Puerto Rico) and Canada. It is composed of 55 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that collectively &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;offered health &lt;/del&gt;care coverage to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;more than &lt;/del&gt;88 million &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;folks &lt;/del&gt;in 2003.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;For its beginnings we need to go back to 1929 to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://www.commercialpropertyadvisors.com/ commercialpropertyadvisors.com] &lt;/del&gt;a man namedJustin Ford Kimball when he became vice president of Baylor University in Dallas, Texas. He &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://www.squidoo.com/seattle-car-accident-attorney plg-pllc.com] &lt;/del&gt;was an &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;experienced &lt;/del&gt;administrator, as he headed the College of Medicine, School of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and the university hospital.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Soon right after taking the job, he developed a health &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;strategy &lt;/del&gt;that guaranteed teachers 21 days of hospital care for 50 cents amonth. The &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;plan &lt;/del&gt;soon spread to other employee groups in Dallas, and then similar plans began to crop up nation-wide.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Meanwhile, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;around &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;very &lt;/del&gt;same time that Kimball was &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;creating &lt;/del&gt;his &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;program&lt;/del&gt;, the Blue Shield &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;concept &lt;/del&gt;was becoming &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;popular &lt;/del&gt;in the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. Significant injuries and chronic illness &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;were &lt;/del&gt;typical amongst these workers who were in &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;quite &lt;/del&gt;hazardous and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;dangerous &lt;/del&gt;jobs.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Their employers saw the require to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;supply &lt;/del&gt;medical care for them and they arranged with physicians to spend them a monthly fee to take care of the medical &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;demands &lt;/del&gt;of the workers. These programs would later turn &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;into &lt;/del&gt;what is &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;recognized &lt;/del&gt;as the Blue Shield Plans.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As for the cross symbol, it was &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;very first &lt;/del&gt;employed in a 1934 advertisement for the Hospital Service Association, which later became &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;known &lt;/del&gt;as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Joseph Binder, a Viennese artist, was hired by &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Business &lt;/del&gt;secretary E.A. van Steenwyk to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;produce &lt;/del&gt;a poster that included a blue Greek &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;cross. Van Steenwyk utilised the symbol to identify his &lt;/del&gt;[http://www.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;straighttalklaw&lt;/del&gt;.com/ &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;straighttalklaw&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;com] &lt;/del&gt;company's &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;well being &lt;/del&gt;plans and then Blue Cross began to use it in other parts of the country.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In 1939, the American Hospital Association, which was based in Chicago, began to use the Blue Cross symbol to indicate that &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;well being &lt;/del&gt;plans &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;about &lt;/del&gt;the country met particular standards.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The AHA continued to use the symbol &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;until &lt;/del&gt;1960 when the Blue Cross Association was founded. The two organizations remained affiliated till 1972.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The shield symbol was &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;created &lt;/del&gt;in Buffalo, New York by Carl Metzger in 1939 and the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;1st &lt;/del&gt;official Blue Shield &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;strategy &lt;/del&gt;was founded in California that &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;exact &lt;/del&gt;same year. Carl Metzger was an early pioneer in the Blue movement and he wanted a &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;style &lt;/del&gt;that would distinguish the new medical service &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;plan&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It soon flourished as the number of Blue Shield Plans kept on &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;growing&lt;/del&gt;. In 1948 the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;named &lt;/del&gt;the Related Medical Care &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Strategy&lt;/del&gt;, which was later renamed the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Over the years, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare insurance &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ideas &lt;/del&gt;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 &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;a single &lt;/del&gt;of the most familiar symbols in America.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;To show you how &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;significant &lt;/del&gt;it has &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;grow &lt;/del&gt;to be, in 2003, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association took in $182.7 billion in revenue. The evolution of managed health care in the United States is intimately linked to the designs of Blue Cross-Blue Shield.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the largest private &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wellness &lt;/ins&gt;insurance &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;system &lt;/ins&gt;in the United States (like Puerto Rico) and Canada. It is composed of 55 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that collectively &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;supplied wellness &lt;/ins&gt;care coverage to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;over &lt;/ins&gt;88 million &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;men and women &lt;/ins&gt;in 2003.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;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 &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;seasoned &lt;/ins&gt;administrator, as he headed the College of Medicine, School of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and the university hospital.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Soon right after taking the job, he developed a health &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;program &lt;/ins&gt;that guaranteed teachers 21 days of hospital care for 50 cents amonth. The &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;strategy &lt;/ins&gt;soon spread to other employee groups in Dallas, and then similar plans began to crop up nation-wide.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Meanwhile, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;about &lt;/ins&gt;the same time that Kimball was &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;generating &lt;/ins&gt;his &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;strategy&lt;/ins&gt;, the Blue Shield &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;notion &lt;/ins&gt;was becoming &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;common &lt;/ins&gt;in the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. Significant injuries and chronic illness &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;had been &lt;/ins&gt;typical amongst these workers who were in &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;very &lt;/ins&gt;hazardous and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;unsafe &lt;/ins&gt;jobs.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Their employers &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://www.leaguecitypersonaltrainer.com/ league city personal trainer] &lt;/ins&gt;saw the require to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;offer &lt;/ins&gt;medical care for them and they arranged with physicians to spend them a monthly fee to take care of the medical &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;requirements &lt;/ins&gt;of the workers. These programs would later turn &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;out to be &lt;/ins&gt;what is &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;identified &lt;/ins&gt;as the Blue Shield Plans.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As for the cross symbol, it was &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;initial &lt;/ins&gt;employed in a 1934 advertisement for the Hospital Service Association, which later became &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;identified &lt;/ins&gt;as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Joseph Binder, a Viennese artist, was hired by &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Organization &lt;/ins&gt;secretary E.A. van Steenwyk to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;generate &lt;/ins&gt;a poster that included a blue Greek [http://www.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;nationalautoguardian&lt;/ins&gt;.com/ &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;extended warranty] cross&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Van Steenwyk utilised the symbol to identify his &lt;/ins&gt;company's &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wellness &lt;/ins&gt;plans and then Blue Cross began to use it in other parts of the country.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In 1939, the American Hospital Association, which was based in Chicago, began to use the Blue Cross symbol to indicate that &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wellness &lt;/ins&gt;plans &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;around &lt;/ins&gt;the country met particular standards.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The AHA continued to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://prsync.com/healthinsurancequoteannarborcom/shopping-for-health-insurance-a-faster-process-for-americans-today-351709/ healthinsurancequoteannarbor.com] &lt;/ins&gt;use the symbol &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;till &lt;/ins&gt;1960 when the Blue Cross Association was founded. The two organizations remained affiliated till 1972.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The shield symbol was &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;developed &lt;/ins&gt;in Buffalo, New York by Carl Metzger in 1939 and the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;first &lt;/ins&gt;official Blue Shield &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;plan &lt;/ins&gt;was founded in California that same year. Carl Metzger was an early pioneer in the Blue movement and he wanted a &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;design &lt;/ins&gt;that would distinguish the new medical service &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;program&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It soon flourished as the number of Blue Shield Plans kept on &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;expanding&lt;/ins&gt;. In 1948 the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;referred to as &lt;/ins&gt;the Related Medical Care &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Plan&lt;/ins&gt;, which was later renamed the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Over the years, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare insurance &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;concepts &lt;/ins&gt;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 &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;one &lt;/ins&gt;of the most familiar symbols in America.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;To show you how &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;big &lt;/ins&gt;it has &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;turn out &lt;/ins&gt;to be, in 2003, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association took in $182.7 billion in revenue. The evolution of managed health care in the United States is intimately linked to the designs of Blue Cross-Blue Shield.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Neue Seite&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the largest private well being insurance method in the United States (like Puerto Rico) and Canada. It is composed of 55 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that collectively offered health care coverage to more than 88 million folks in 2003.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;For its beginnings we need to go back to 1929 to [http://www.commercialpropertyadvisors.com/ commercialpropertyadvisors.com] a man namedJustin Ford Kimball when he became vice president of Baylor University in Dallas, Texas. He [http://www.squidoo.com/seattle-car-accident-attorney plg-pllc.com] was an experienced administrator, as he headed the College of Medicine, School of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and the university hospital.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Soon right after taking the job, he developed a health 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 similar plans began to crop up nation-wide.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Meanwhile, around the very same time that Kimball was creating his program, the Blue Shield concept was becoming popular in the lumber and mining camps of the Pacific Northwest. Significant injuries and chronic illness were typical amongst these workers who were in quite hazardous and dangerous jobs.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Their employers saw the require 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 turn into what is recognized as the Blue Shield Plans.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;As for the cross symbol, it was very first employed in a 1934 advertisement for the Hospital Service Association, which later became known as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Joseph Binder, a Viennese artist, was hired by Business secretary E.A. van Steenwyk to produce a poster that included a blue Greek cross. Van Steenwyk utilised the symbol to identify his [http://www.straighttalklaw.com/ straighttalklaw.com] company's well being plans and then Blue Cross began to use it in other parts of the country.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In 1939, the American Hospital Association, which was based in Chicago, began to use the Blue Cross symbol to indicate that well being plans about the country met particular standards.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The AHA continued to use the symbol until 1960 when the Blue Cross Association was founded. The two organizations remained affiliated till 1972.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The shield symbol was created in Buffalo, New York by Carl Metzger in 1939 and the 1st official Blue Shield strategy was founded in California that exact same year. Carl Metzger was an early pioneer in the Blue movement and he wanted a style that would distinguish the new medical service plan.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It soon flourished as the number of Blue Shield Plans kept on growing. In 1948 the symbol was informally adopted by nine plans named the Related Medical Care Strategy, which was later renamed the National Association of Blue Shield Plans.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;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 a single of the most familiar symbols in America.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;To show you how significant 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 health care in the United States is intimately linked to the designs of Blue Cross-Blue Shield.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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