http://www.kaiserpermanentehistory.org/latest/president-obama-cites-kaiser-permanente-model-learn-more-about-why-aug-25/ A History Of Care Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:40:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.kaiserpermanentehistory.org/latest/president-obama-cites-kaiser-permanente-model-learn-more-about-why-aug-25/comment-page-1/#comment-8 admin Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:18:24 +0000 http://www.kaiserpermanentehistory.org/?p=123#comment-8 Edgar Kaiser, Henry's son, brought Dr. Garfield into the Kaiser organization in 1938 to create a medical care program for the workers building Grand Coulee Dam. The day Henry Kaiser met Sidney Garfield for the first time he listened to the young doctor's ideas about organizing the delivery of medical care and told him that if his ideas were half as good as he said they were, they were good for the whole country. Their first formal proposal for national health care, based on Dr. Garfield's ideas was in 1945, the same year that they opened Kaiser Permanente to the public. -- Tom Debley Edgar Kaiser, Henry’s son, brought Dr. Garfield into the Kaiser organization in 1938 to create a medical care program for the workers building Grand Coulee Dam. The day Henry Kaiser met Sidney Garfield for the first time he listened to the young doctor’s ideas about organizing the delivery of medical care and told him that if his ideas were half as good as he said they were, they were good for the whole country. Their first formal proposal for national health care, based on Dr. Garfield’s ideas was in 1945, the same year that they opened Kaiser Permanente to the public.
– Tom Debley

]]> http://www.kaiserpermanentehistory.org/latest/president-obama-cites-kaiser-permanente-model-learn-more-about-why-aug-25/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Gerry Gaintner Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:27:25 +0000 http://www.kaiserpermanentehistory.org/?p=123#comment-5 Did Henry Kaiser and/or Sidney Garfield have any plans or pretensions themselves for either taking Kaiser Permanente national, or for a national health care program? Did Henry Kaiser and/or Sidney Garfield have any plans or pretensions themselves for either taking Kaiser Permanente national, or for a national health care program?

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