The Blues

by Robert Cunningham and Robert J. Cunningham III

Book Overview

A history of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield system, America's largest and oldest health insurer, from its beginnings to the 1990s. It draws on company archives and shows how its management has pursued the goal of health care coverage over seven decades of social and economic change.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875802249
• ISBN13: 9780875802244
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Excellent History

This is a thoroughly-researched and well-documented book. It's an excellent look at the history of the health insurance industry. It should be required reading for anyone interested in health care policy.