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	<title>New answer on: When Did Health Insurance Originate?</title>

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		<title>By: Jim Winkler</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[That is a great question! There were some types of travelers insurances offered in the 1840&#039;s that covered you if your train crashed or steamboat sank, but other than that, there really wasn&#039;t much until the late 1800&#039;s when disability policies became popular. Britain passed a law in the early 1900&#039;s that created a &quot;National Health Insurance&quot;, and most of Europe kind of adopted similar laws, but we didn&#039;t catch on until 1929 when us Texans ( Baylor University Hospital, and some local teachers, I think) created a system of standardized costs for hospital stays. Shortly thereafter came Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and then all kinds of competing companies. The history of insurance is interesting stuff. Thanks for asking!]]></description>

		

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