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Show Hospital Flan Has Phenomenal growth in II. S. Citizens of Uiniah Basin Should Plan Now To Take Advantage of Splendid Opportunity For Medical Care Under New Group Hospitalization Plan From all current reports Group Hospital Service Plans are the coming thing in Hospital operation. Phenomenal growth in Hospital Service plans are being be-ing reported daily. Group Hospital Scrvrcrc plans trace their origin to the plan instituted in-stituted by Baylor University Hospital in 1929. An agreement was reached with 1,500 local school teachers providing up to 21 days free hospitalization to each participant for a fee of $3.00 per semester. The plan proved very successful both from the standpoint of the students stu-dents and the hospital and latc.r the plan was opened to everyone. every-one. By 1931 other plans were in operation in United States. Before the close of the 1930's Group Hospital Service Plans were in operation in over GO communities and were statewide state-wide in six states. The associated associat-ed Hospital Service plan of New York enrolled over 1,000,000' participants in its first four years. By 1940 well over 4,500,-000 4,500,-000 people in the United States were participating in Hospital Plans. By the end of June, 1944 nearly 15,000,000 persons in the United States were thus preparing pre-paring hospital bills by membership member-ship in hospital service plans. The past 5 years experience in all types i hospitals and all types of communities has established estab-lished the workability of such plans. The rapid expansion of the idea is attributed to the strength of United effort. |