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Blue Cross insurance plans begin to spread across the U.S.

1935

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By 1935, 15 Blue Cross insurance plans provide hospital care coverage across 11 states. They are initially based on a "community-based, voluntary, nonprofit group hospitalization or prepayment" model (Field, 1993).