Records, 1940-1988.

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Records, 1940-1988.

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Records include by-laws, contracts, annual reports, legislative hearing reports, press releases, speeches, and correspondence. Bulk of collection concerns the Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Jersey merger of 1986. Among the records documenting the merger are correspondence, legislation, financial statements, press releases, memoranda of agreement, merger plans, court briefs, and meeting summaries. Includes chronological files of Joseph A. Cox, Chairman of the Board and C.E.O. of Blue Shield, and correspondence with N.J. Department of Insurance Commissioner Hazel Gluck. Also, enrollment data, plan rates, conference materials, subscriber booklets and forms, employee newsletters, historical narratives, and papers discussing types of coverage, individual plan subscribers, and Blue Shield's relationship with the Medical Society of New Jersey.

6.5 linear ft.

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Medical Society of New Jersey

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The first state medical society in the nation, the Medical Society of New Jersey was established in 1766 to advance the field of medicine, providing a forum for physician members to share improvements in treatment. In 1816, the first district, or county, medical societies were formed and were granted the authority to confer medical licenses. The Society began its affiliation with the American Medical Association in 1847, when it sent representatives to the A.M.A.'s first meeting in Philadelphia....

Sprague, Edward A.

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Cox, Joseph A., 1896-....

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Judge. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Aloysius Cox : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309729975 ...

Gluck, Hazel Frank

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Lance, Elton W.

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Blue Shield of New Jersey

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Blue Shield of New Jersey, a medical insurance plan established in 1942. Originally known as the Medical-Surgical Plan of New Jersey, the organization was founded through the efforts of Dr. Edward W. Spraque, Dr. Elton W. Lance and John S. Thompson, with the support and financial backing of the Medical Society of New Jersey. Blue Shield and Blue Cross (formerly known as the Hospital Service Plan of New Jersey) worked in conjunction, but as separate corporations, until they merged in 1986. ...

Blue Cross of New Jersey

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