Who was the first company to give their employees health insurance? What was the health insurance?

Ford Motor Company is not historically credited as the first company to provide employee group health insurance, and Blue Cross was not the insurer in this pioneering arrangement.

While General Motors is correctly identified, the insurance was provided by Metropolitan Life - not Blue Cross, which was more commonly associated with hospital service plans tied to specific institutions.

General Motors was among the first major companies to offer its employees group health insurance, doing so through Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. This arrangement established the model of employer-sponsored health benefits that became standard practice across American industry throughout the 20th century.