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Justin Ford Kimball
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- Justin Ford Kimball (1872–1956) was an educator and healthcare insurance pioneer and innovator, credited with founding the first health insurance plan in the nation, which would ultimately become Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Kimball was born on a farm near Huntsville, Texas, in 1872. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; Kimball, Justin Ford]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Justin_Ford_Kimball
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