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| Landmark #992 | Riverside County | Visited: November 20, 2011 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque marking the birthplace of California’s nonprofit prepaid health insurance program, from which sprung Kaiser Permanente! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: In 1933, Dr. Sidney R. Garfield opened Contractor’s General Hospital six miles west of here. His modest facility successfully delivered health care to Colorado River Aqueduct workers through a prepaid insurance plan. Later, in association with industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, Dr. Garfield applied the lessons he first learned at the hospital to create his enduring legacy: Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest nonprofit prepaid health care program.
OTHER TIDBITS: Dr. Garfield was a pioneer in the field of preventative “Total Health,” not content simply to treat sickness and injury but also to teach healthy people how to stay healthy! What a novel idea! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Next to post office Ragsdale Rd Desert Center, CA 92239 ANNOTATIONS: 62498 Chiriaco Road From Los Angeles: ~157mi (253km) — 2.7hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |