The prepayment plan developed in 1929 is
a. Blue Cross Health Insurance.
b. Medicare Insurance.
c. Medicaid Insurance.
d. Health Maintenance Organization.
A
The 1929 Blue Cross Plan offered a form of prepayment insurance. Medicare and Medicaid are government entitlement programs. Health maintenance organizations arose as cost-containment measures, and physicians are reimbursed at a fixed rate for each person enrolled.
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