The American Hospital Association , in early 1933 , approved hospital insurance and established guidelines to resolve the costs of hospital care . While hospital insurance plans became rampant , some prepaid contracts were also developing among employee and physician groups . Dr . Sidney Garfield together with his associates initiated prepaid medical care services to construction workers . In 1937 , his group began servicing the workers of Henry J . Kaiser and the Kaiser Construction company . The event gave birth to the Kaiser Foundation Health Plans serving...











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