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ter in Salem. Little consideration was
given to this plan because it would
not be statewide.
The Northwest Hospital Service,
commonly known as the “ Blue Cross
Plan” submitted a proposal but the
committee did not recommend it to the
Association because it was limited to
hospital and surgical coverage and did
not include medical coverage.
The California-Western States Life
Insurance Company presented a pack
age plan including group life, death
and dismemberment, $6 per day hos
pital for member and wife, surgical
-benefits to the limit of $225, medical
calls for members only beginning with
the fourth call, for an approximate
premium of $5.18 per month. The
group life under their plan would vary
in rate, depending on ages of the mem
bers, and also vary in amounts, de
pending on salaries of the members.
The West Coast Life Insurance Com
pany proposed a somewhat similar plan,
but with the group life on a flat $1,000
coverage with a flat rate to all mem
bers. The actual premium for same
would depend on the average age of
all members and was estimated at about
$1.00 per month per member. Hospital
and surgical coverage for member and
dependents similar to that outlined by
the C alif ornia-Western States Life, and
again the medical coverage would be
gin with the fourth call and would
cover members only, not dependents.
This life company, however, stated that
it would write the group life indepen
dent from the other coverages, if de
sired, and was prepared to work out
with the Association the details as to
amounts, methods of premium payment
and other related subjects.
The Oregon Physicians’ Service with
headquarters at Salem, ( a regularly li
censed hospital association sponsored by
the Oregon State Medical Society, ten
tatively submitted a plan which would
cover not only the member for hospi
tal and medical, but would in addition
either cover the wife and dependents
for hospital only, or cover the wife and
dependents for hospital, surgical and
obstetrics. The obstetrical b e n e f i t s
would not be effective for the first ten
months. The hospital coverage alone
would cost approximately 90c per
month for the spouse and 60c a month
for one child, with no additional charge
for more than one child. The hospital,
surgical and obstetrical coverage would
cost $2.00 for the spouse and $1.35 for
the first child, 75c for the second and
50c for the third, with no additional
charge beyond that. Before this con
tract can be issued by the Oregon Phy-
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