Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida - Health Insurance Plans

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida has a long history inthe school 21 days of hospital care for a total of six
the Sunshine State of providing comprehensive healthdollars a year. That coverage slowly extended to
care solutions to the residence. Inside Florida, theother businesses around Dallas over the next few
company history begins in 1944. That year the Floridayears. The American Hospital Association took the
Hospital Service Corporation started providingBlue Cross symbol and used it as an emblem for
coverage in Jacksonville. This corporation eventuallyinsurance plans that met their standards. That was in
became Blue Cross of Florida. Two years later, a1939. In 1960, the Blue Cross emblem became part of
separate company formed under the name of thethe Blue Cross Association. Part of what would
Florida Medical Services Corporation. This secondbecome Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida was part of
company eventually they came Blue Shield of Florida.this organization.
The two ended up combining in 1980 to create theThe basic concepts behind Blue Shield began in the
new Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida.Pacific Northwest in the early part of the 20th century.
The company history of Blue Cross Blue Shield ofPeople in lumber and mining camps paid monthly fees
Florida goes back even further at the national level. Atto medical service groups in exchange for medical
the national level, the Blue Cross and Blue Shieldcare provided by physicians. Officially, according to
Association indirectly or directly provides healthcompany history, the first Blue Shield came about in
coverage to over 100 million people in the UnitedCalifornia in 1939. In 1948, the symbol extended to nine
States. However, in the beginning Blue Cross was aplans that came under the name of the Associated
separate organization from Blue Shield. In order toMedical Care Plan. Plan members eventually renamed
understand the full history of the company, you needthe group as the National Association of Blue Shield
to understand how each side developed independently.Plans. The final form of the merged companies came
Blue Cross began providing health care coverage inabout in 1982 when the two companies merged to
1929. The focus of this organization was to cover thebecome the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
cost of hospital services. According to companyBlue Cross Blue Shield of Florida was one of its
history, the first healthcare plan they offered began atmembers.
Baylor University in Dallas. They offered teachers at